Hospitalizations in Ontario
Ontario reported 2,467 people in hospital wards with COVID-19 (up by 48 from the previous day) with 438 patients in intensive care units (up by 26).
Last Monday, there were 1,232 hospitalizations with 248 in ICUs.
Although Omicron is considered less severe than Delta, the unprecedented surge in cases has driven hospitalizations and ICU admissions to soar as Ontario grapples to contain Omicron. Staffing shortages due to the new variant have impacted hospitals as the need for beds increases. Non-urgent surgeries have been ordered to pause.
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In terms of vaccination status, for those in general hospital wards with COVID, 457 were unvaccinated, 115 were partially vaccinated and 1,353 were fully vaccinated. For patients in ICUs, 123 were unvaccinated while 18 were partially vaccinated and 137 were fully vaccinated. Due to the weekend the data is as of Saturday. This dataset will grow and improve over time, officials noted.
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In population comparison, as the majority of Ontarians are vaccinated, those who are unvaccinated are still far more likely to land in hospital or ICU than the vaccinated, according to Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.
Deaths, vaccinations, recoveries, active cases, 7-day average, testing, test positivity
The death toll in the province has risen to 10,378 as 12 more virus-related deaths were added.
As of 8 p.m. on Sunday, there are more than 11.4 million people fully immunized with two doses, which is 88.4 per cent of the aged 12 and older population. First dose coverage stands at 91.1 per cent. Third dose immunization is at 36.9 per cent.
For young children aged five to 11, first dose coverage stands at 46.7 per cent with 3.5 per cent who are now fully vaccinated.
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The province administered 93,741 doses in the last day. There are more than 4.7 million Ontarians who have received a booster shot.
Meanwhile, 737,396 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is around 83 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 6,993 from the previous day.
Active cases in Ontario now stand at 140,523 — up from last week when it was at 130,307. At the peak of the second wave in January, active cases hit just above 30,000. In the third wave peak in April, active cases topped 43,000.
The government said 40,692 tests were processed in the previous 24 hours. There are 95,540 tests currently under investigation.
Test positivity hit 26.7 per cent meaning more than 1 in 4 tests are coming back positive for COVID. Last week, test positivity was at 31.9 per cent.
The seven-day average is at 11,885 as daily case counts due to Omicron continue to hover around unprecedented highs but are overall on a decline. This is down from 14,074 a week ago.
However, Ontario officials have recently changed testing eligibility for those seeking to get a PCR test to detect COVID-19 to only the most high-risk populations such as health care, long-term care, those who live and work in congregate settings, etc. meaning testing and cases are inaccurate due to restrictions.
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