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2/9 In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 7 new cases to report with an additional 20 cases resolved. The number of active cases across the region has decreased by 15 to 81. There are 2 new COVID-related deaths in Kawartha Lakes. Most of today's new cases are in Toronto (343) and Peel (186). There are double-digit increases in York (89), Simcoe Muskoka (48), Waterloo (40), Thunder Bay (37), Durham (35), Hamilton (35), Windsor-Essex (32), Halton (27), Niagara (21), Ottawa (18), Middlesex-London (17), and Lambton (11), with smaller increases in Brant (8), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (8), and Southwestern (6). The remaining 17 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 9 health units reporting no new cases at all. Of today's new cases, 54% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (365) among people ages 20-39, followed by 278 cases among people ages 40-59. With 1,002 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases remains unchanged at 94.2%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 0.9% from yesterday to 4.2%, meaning that 42 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on February 22. Ontario is reporting 12 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 1 in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 24 new daily deaths over the past week. Hospitalizations have increased by 72 from yesterday to 718, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs increasing by 3 to 283, and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators decreasing by 3 to 186. A total of 25,979 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation increasing by 16,919 to 28,802. A total of 585,707 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 16,252 from yesterday, with 247,042 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 6,373 from yesterday, representing 1.68% of Ontario's population. There are 175 new cases in Ontario schools, an increase of 120 from yesterday, including 149 student cases and 22 staff cases. There are 43 new cases in licensed child care settings in Ontario, an increase of 28 from yesterday, with 29 cases among children and 14 cases among staff. These numbers include cases reported on Friday and Monday. In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 7 new cases to report, including 3 in Peterborough, 3 in Hastings Prince Edward, 1 in Northumberland. There are no new cases to report in Kawartha Lakes or Haliburton.