Ontario officials reported 1,699 people in hospital with COVID-19 recovered and 16 new virus-related deaths on Tuesday.

This represents a slight increase in the number of hospital admissions on Monday when 1,423 patients were reported for care, although not all hospitals reported data over the weekend.

Among the patients admitted on Tuesday, 251 were unvaccinated and 999 were fully vaccinated. The vaccination status of the remaining patients is unknown.

Forty-two percent of patients admitted to hospital on Tuesday were due to COVID-19, while the remaining 58 percent tested positive.

Among Ontario patients currently being treated for COVID-19 in intensive care units, there are 27 unvaccinated and 90 fully vaccinated.

The vaccination status of the remaining patients is unknown. Officials also reported 16 new COVID-19 deaths. Officials said 15 deaths occurred within the past thirty days, while one occurred more than a month ago.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 12,858 people have died from the disease. With 11,755 tests processed in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health says the positivity rate in the province is about 13.2 percent.

The province reported 1,547 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, but health officials warned the number is lower than reality due to testing restrictions and backlog.

Infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch told CP24 on Monday, "Regional wastewater data seems to show a peak concentration of the novel coronavirus in most areas."

Today's report raises the total number of laboratory confirmed cases in Ontario to 1,263,202.