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2/9 There are double-digit increases in Ottawa (53), Windsor-Essex (44), Durham (30), Hamilton (29), Simcoe Muskoka (26), Waterloo (18), Halton (12), Brant (11), Wellington- Dufferin-Guelph (11), Thunder Bay (10), and Niagara (10), with smaller increases in Peterborough (6). The remaining 19 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 7 health units reporting no new cases at all. Of today's new cases, 53% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (314) among people ages 20-39, followed by 255 cases among people ages 40-59. With 1,456 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.3% to 93.9%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased by 0.6% from yesterday to 3.0%, meaning that 30 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on February 16. Ontario is reporting 10 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 4 in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 19 new daily deaths over the past week. Hospitalizations have decreased by 23 from yesterday to 719, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs increasing by 6 to 298 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators increasing by 10 to 211. A total of 33,977 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation increasing by 18,706 to 33,730. A total of 489,484 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 9,107 from yesterday, with 195,366 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 8,432 from yesterday, representing 1.33% of Ontario's population. There are 75 new cases in Ontario schools, an increase of 52 from yesterday, including 71 student cases and 4 staff cases. There are 53 new cases in licensed child care settings in Ontario, an increase of 31 from yesterday, with 34 cases among children and 19 cases among staff. In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 12 new cases to report, including 6 in Peterborough, 3 in Northumberland, 2 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 1 in Kawartha Lakes. There are no new cases in Haliburton. An outbreak at Warkworth Place in Warkworth was declared on February 16. An outbreak at Buckhorn Day Care and Nursery School was declared on February 16, based on one child case and one staff case An additional 12 cases have been resolved, including 4 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, 2 in Peterborough, and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward.