COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ontario have reached 1,301, with ICU admissions surpassing 200

Key Takeaways:

• For the first time since mid-March, the number of COVID-19 patients at an Ontario hospital has surpassed 1,301, with ICU admissions linked to the disorder reaching 200 for the first time.
• Since Saturday, three more COVID-19-related deaths have been confirmed, increasing the total number of COVID-19-related deaths in the province to 12,632.
• These cases were detected through a total of 20,511 tests, with positivity rates of 19.5 percent on Saturday and 18.7 percent on Sunday, according to the province.

COVID-19 patients in an Ontario hospital now number 1,301, with ICU admissions tied to the condition surpassing 200 for the first time since mid-March.

The number of patients admitted to the hospital on Monday is from 1,290 on Sunday and 1,130 on Saturday.

The data on incidental hospitalizations and COVID-19 vaccination data of hospitalized people were not made public. It’s also worth citing that not all hospitals in the province publish patient data on weekends.

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For the very 1st time since March 16, the number of ICU admissions tied to the new coronavirus has surpassed 200. At the moment, at least 202 patients are getting intensive care, up from 17 on Saturday.

On Easter Sunday, the province did not report COVID-19 data.

In a worst-case scenario, COVID-19 modeling provided by Ontario’s scientific table last week shows that hospital occupancy will continue to grow in the following weeks, with more than 600 individuals in the ICU in the province at the top of this wave.

ICU admissions peaked at 626 during Ontario’s latest COVID-19 wave earlier this year.

Dr. Kieran Moore, the province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, has stated that if ICU admissions return to the levels observed in January, the province’s healthcare system will be able to provide adequate treatment for those persons.

Meanwhile, three more COVID-19-related deaths have been confirmed since Saturday, bringing the total number of deaths in the province to 12,632.

In the previous 48 hours, at least 4,669 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported, albeit that figure is likely underestimated due to limited access to PCR testing across the province.

According to the province, these instances were discovered through a total of 20,511 tests, with positivity rates of 19.5% on Saturday and 18.7% on Sunday.

Throughout the pandemic, Ontario has had 1,222,243 cases of COVID-19, with 1,174,111 recoveries.

Source: CTV News