Ontario reported 1,301 people hospitalized with COVID-19 on Monday after the province’s pandemic advice table said late last week that the sixth wave of the virus may have arrived, but that a long Easter weekend could change that.
The Ministry of Health did not publish data on COVID-19 on Easter. Hospitalizations reached 1,290 that day, but it is important to note that more than 10% of hospitals did not provide data.
The number of patients in intensive care exceeded 200 for the first time since March 16.
Of those currently hospitalized, 202 are in intensive care units, up from 197 on Sunday. There are 91 patients with the virus who need to use ventilators to maintain respiration.
Ontario reported another 2,219 cases of COVID-19 through limited PCR tests on Monday, with 2,450 reported the day before.
According to the latest modeling of the scientific table, published last Thursday, the daily number of cases of the virus may have reached a plateau of about 100,000 new daily infections.
Dr Peter Juni, who heads the scientific community, warned last week that it was still too early to say whether the cases had peaked amid the wave.
The ministry said 10,060 tests were conducted on Sunday. The percentage of test positive is 18.7 percent.
The province also recorded three more deaths related to the virus – one on Sunday and two on Monday – bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths in Ontario to 12,632.
Here are some other key pandemic indicators and figures from Daily provincial update of the Ministry of Health:
Active cases: 35,500.
Seven-day moving average: 3418.
Long – term care homes: 136.
Vaccinations: 5,699 doses of the vaccine were given on Sunday in Ontario, with a total of 32,397,809 given so far. As of Monday, 90.1% of Ontario residents aged five or over have received at least one dose, while just over 86.7% have received two doses.
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