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2/9 In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 10 new cases to report and an additional 11 cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region decreasing by 1 to 109. Most of today's new cases are in Toronto (249) and Peel (164). There are double-digit increases in York (92), Ottawa (57), Hamilton (47), Waterloo (46), Durham (41), Thunder Bay (30), Middlesex-London (28), Niagara (23), Sudbury (22), Windsor-Essex (21), Halton (20), Peterborough (18), Simcoe Muskoka (18), Brant (17), Eastern Ontario (13), and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (12), with a smaller increase in Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (8). The remaining 15 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 3 health units reporting no new cases at all. Of today's new cases, 57% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (370) among people ages 20-39 followed by 256 cases among people ages 40-59. With 1,090 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.1% to 94.3%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased by 0.5% from yesterday to 2.4%, meaning that 24 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on March 2. Ontario is reporting 17 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 2 new deaths in a long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 17 new daily deaths over the past week (an increase of 1 from yesterday). Hospitalizations have decreased by 9 from yesterday to 668, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 10 from yesterday to 274, and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators decreasing by 1 from yesterday to 188. A total of 52,613 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation increasing by 12,065 to 43,139. A total of 754,419 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 27,398 from yesterday, with 266,710 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 1,814 from yesterday, representing 1.81% of Ontario's population. There are 160 new cases in Ontario schools, a decrease of 102 from yesterday, including 138 student cases, 21 staff cases, and 1 case among an unidentified person. There are 25 new cases in licensed child care settings in Ontario, a decrease of 16 from yesterday, with 16 cases among children and 9 cases among staff. In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 10 new cases to report, including 4 in Peterborough, 4 in Hastings Prince Edward, 1 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Northumberland. There are no new cases in Haliburton.