Provincial health officials saw a day-to-day decline in both COVID-19 hospitalizations and intensive care patients, as 24 more deaths were added to the province’s deaths.
The Ministry of Health says there are 1,563 patients with the virus in Ontario hospitals, a remarkable drop from 1,662 yesterday and 1,676 a week ago.
Forty-three percent of hospitalized patients were admitted for COVID-19-related reasons, while 57 percent were admitted for other reasons but subsequently tested positive for the virus.
Among the patients, 204 are in intensive care, which is six less than yesterday, but 16 more than a week ago.
The ministry said 65 per cent had been taken to hospital for COVID-19 and 35 per cent had been admitted for other reasons, but the test was positive.
Ontario labs have processed more than 14,500 PCR tests in the past 24 hours, giving a 13.1 percent positive result, down from 13.8 this time a week ago.
The province confirmed another 2,164 coronavirus cases today, but health officials say the daily number of cases continues to be underestimated due to limited access to PCR tests.
The ministry said 1,377 of those infected had received three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, 395 had received two doses, 229 had been partially or unvaccinated and 163 had unknown vaccination status.
Twenty-four more deaths occurred in the last month and were added to the number of deaths in the province today, bringing the total to 12,962 deaths.
Three of the latest deaths have been in long-term care homes.
Yesterday, the province administered more than 29,400 doses of vaccine.
To date, 90% of Ontario residents aged five and over have received a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 86% have received two doses, and 52% have received three doses.
The numbers used in this story are in the Ontario Department of Health’s daily epidemiological summary COVID-19. The number of cases for each city or region may differ slightly from that reported by the province, as local units report figures at different times.
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