Province reports 326 new COIVD-19 cases on Monday, 35 in Mississauga and Brampton

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Published October 25, 2021 at 3:18 pm

Peel Public Health (PPH) is reporting 35 new COVID-19 cases in Mississauga and Brampton.

The province said there were 326 new cases across Ontario on Monday, with 22 new cases reported in Brampton and another 13 in Mississauga.

According to PPH, this brings the total of recorded case in Region to 112,739. Of those cases 111,481 have recovered, while 261 are still pending.

Last week, the Peel District School Board and Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board said there were 65 schools that had active COVID-19 cases in Mississauga and Brampton.

According to the PPH, four elementary or private schools in Mississauga and one Brampton elementary school had active COVID-19 outbreaks as of Monday.

  • Kaban Montessori School – Mississauga
  • Al-Risala Academy (Private) – Mississauga
  • St. Julia Catholic Elementary School – Mississauga
  • Ray Underhill Public School – Mississauga
  • Tribune Public School –  Brampton

An outbreak in a school is defined as two or more lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in students, staff or providers with an epidemiological link within a 14-day period where at least one case could have acquired infection in the school.

Of the more than 300 cases recorded in Ontario on Monday, data from the province shows 195 of those cases were unvaccinated individuals while 95 were fully vaccinated.

According to PPH, more 1,180,000 individuals in Peel have received two does of a COVID-19 vaccine.

More than 88 per cent of eligible residents over 12-years-old have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 83.4 per cent have received two doses. More than 6,000 Peel residents have also received a third booster dose.

For more information on how to get a COVID-19 vaccine visit www.peelregion.ca.

 

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