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Ontario is reporting 2,155 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 486 people in ICU.

Not all hospitals report data from the weekends, but that’s down from 2,983 hospitalizations and 555 patients in intensive care a week ago.

Ontario is reporting 11 more deaths from COVID-19.

There are 2,088 new COVID-19 cases being reported today, but Public Health Ontario has said the true number is likely higher because of changes to the province’s testing policy that limit access for many residents.

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Ontario isn’t sharing data on virus cases and outbreaks in schools, but nine schools were reported closed for COVID-19 operational reasons and 389 schools reported student and staff absence rates of 30 per cent or higher.

About 46 per cent of the province’s long-term care homes are experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks.

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