Ontario reported another 14 deaths from COVID-19 on Thursday, as both virus-related hospitalizations and intensive care employment declined for more than a week.
The health ministry says deaths have occurred in the past month, raising the number of deaths in the province to 13,034.
Five of the latest deaths are in long-term care homes.
There are currently 1,451 patients with the virus in Ontario hospitals, a remarkable decline from 1,528 a day ago and 1,676 a week ago.
The ministry said 41% of hospital patients were admitted to the virus and 59% were admitted for other reasons, but were subsequently tested positive for the virus.
Of the 175 hospitalized, they are in intensive care, one less than yesterday and 30 less than a week ago.
Sixty-two percent of intensive care patients were admitted for COVID-19-related reasons, while 38 percent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.
Laboratories in Ontario have processed more than 16,300 tests in the last 24 hours, which gave a percentage of positive results of 10.7% compared to 13% a week ago, according to the ministry.
Today’s positivity rate is the lowest since March.
The province confirmed an additional 2,160 infections today, but health officials say the daily number of cases is underestimated due to limited access to PCR testing.
Among recent cases, 1,396 individuals received three doses of COVID-19 vaccine, 403 received two doses, 228 were partially or unvaccinated, and 133 had unknown vaccination status.
Meanwhile, the province administered 29,173 doses of vaccine yesterday.
Some companies are starting to remove vaccine mandates as we move into the summer, and infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch says this is understandable, as two doses of vaccine are not as effective against the dominant version of Omicron as against previous ones. options.
“We know that two doses of vaccine are still really good, (but) not as good as three doses of vaccine. We simply do not see the same degree of reduction in transmission if someone is infected, or the same degree of reduction in the prevention of infection by two doses now, compared to previous versions, “he told CP24 on Thursday.
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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