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2/9 In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 15 new cases to report and an additional 9 cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region increasing by 2 to 93. Most of today's new cases are in Toronto (331), Peel (220), and York (119). There are double-digit increases in Ottawa (67), Hamilton (59), Thunder Bay (55), Waterloo (52), Brant (41), Durham (36), Simcoe Muskoka (35), Halton (32), Windsor-Essex (26), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (15), Lambton (13), Middlesex-London (13), Niagara (13), and Southwestern (11), with smaller increases in Sudbury (7), Eastern Ontario (7), Huron Perth (7), and Haldimand-Norfolk (6). The remaining 13 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 5 health units reporting no new cases at all. Of today's new cases, 60% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (441) among people ages 20-39, followed by 297 cases among people ages 40-59 and 268 cases among people 19 and younger. With 984 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases remains unchanged at 94.2%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased by 0.2% from yesterday to 2.1%, meaning that 21 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on February 26. Ontario is reporting 16 new COVID-19 deaths today, with 1 new death in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 16 new daily deaths over the past week, a decrease of 2 from yesterday. Hospitalizations have decreased by 3 from yesterday to 680, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 8 to 276, and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators decreasing by 11 to 182. A total of 59,416 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 7,513 to 27,989. A total of 668,104 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 24,339 from yesterday, with 260,972 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 2,958 from yesterday, representing 1.77% of Ontario's population. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity. In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 16 new cases to report, including 7 in Peterborough, 5 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 3 in Northumberland. There are no new cases in Kawartha Lakes or Haliburton. An outbreak at Severn Court student residence in Peterborough was declared on February 27. An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Belleville was declared on February 25.