Ontario is reporting 944 more cases of COVID-19 today, the highest number recorded in more than three months.

       The province is also logging nine new virus-related deaths today, but notes five of them occurred more than two months ago and are now being reported due to a data cleanup.

       Health Minister Christine Elliott says 736 of the most recent infections are in people who are not fully vaccinated, or whose vaccination status isn’t known.

       She says 309 people are hospitalized with the virus, only 34 of whom are fully immunized.

       Provincial data shows 172 people are in intensive care due to COVID-19, with 97 patients on a ventilator.

       Elliott says the province has administered nearly 21 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.

       The province says nearly 83.5 per cent of residents aged 12 and up have had at least one dose of vaccine, while 76.9 per cent are fully immunized with two shots.

       The province this week announced a vaccine certificate program aimed in part at boosting those numbers.