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4/9 Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (no change)**** Deaths (including among probable cases): 66, including 55 in Kawartha Lakes and 11 in Northumberland (no change) Resolved: 956, including 487 in Kawartha Lakes, 418 in Northumberland, 51 in Haliburton (increase of 4, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland) Tests completed: 145,475 (increase of 1,110) Outbreaks: Regency long-term care home in Port Hope (no change) *The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning. **The N501Y mutation has been identified in variants of concern including the B.1.1.7 UK variant, the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and the P.1 Brazilian variant. ***This total includes an additional 2 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts' county. ****As of March 3, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports no patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change). Province of Ontario Confirmed positive: 303,763 (increase of 958) Total COVID-19 variant cases: 552 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 10); 27 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (no change); 3 of P.1 Brazilian variant (no change) 7-day average of daily new cases: 1,084 (decrease of 14) Resolved: 286,352 (increase of 1,090, 94.3% of all cases) Positivity rate: 2.4% (decrease of 0.5%) Hospitalizations: 668 (decrease of 9) Hospitalizations in ICU: 274 (decrease of 10) Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 188 (decrease of 1) Deaths: 7,014 (increase of 17) 7-day average of daily new deaths: 17 (increase of 1) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,869 (increase of 2) Total tests completed: 11,163,548 (increase of 52,613) Tests under investigation: 43,139 (increase of 12,065) Vaccination doses administered: 754,419 (increase of 27,398) People fully vaccinated (two doses): 266,710 (increase of 1,814), 1.81% of Ontario's population (est. 70-90% required for herd immunity)