St. Catharines area has 8th highest COVID-19 positivity in Ontario

COVID-19 positivity rates are continuing to drop across most of the province, although some areas are still reporting higher than average rates, including one in St. Catharines.

Toronto-based research group ICES listed postal code areas in Ontario with the highest percent positivity rates for the week of June 27 to July 3.

Of the top 50 listed, one is in St. Catharines and one is in Port Colborne:

L2W at 9.38% (St. Catharines)
8th highest percent positivity area in Ontario

L3K at 4.03% (Port Colborne)
39th highest percent positivity area in Ontario

Out of Ontario’s 34 public health units, Niagara region has the 7th highest COVID-19 percent positivity at 1.58%. Ontario overall is listed 13th at 1.16%.

The top 15 public health units are listed above

For all Ontario residents, the percent positivity among those tested for COVID-19 during the week of June 27 was 1.2%, compared to 1.7% during the week of June 13.

Ontario has reached 75% overall vaccine coverage (at least one dose) among those aged 12 and up as of July 4, 2021.

The full data is available to read here.

Data courtesy of ICES, photo courtesy of The Canadian Press