Ontario reported two more deaths related to COVID-19 on Sunday, as the number of patients in intensive care remained virtually unchanged.
The province says the two deaths have occurred in the past month and one of those deaths has been placed in a long-term care home.
As of March 2020, the province says there are 13,225 people killed by the virus.
The health ministry says there are 643 patients with the virus in hospitals across the province, up from 809 a week ago.
Among these patients, 145 are in intensive care, which is one increase compared to yesterday and a decrease of seven compared to a week ago. On Saturday, the province recorded the lowest employment in an intensive care unit in six months.
Forty percent of hospitalized patients were admitted for COVID-19-related reasons, and 60 percent were admitted for other reasons and subsequently tested positive.
Meanwhile, 65% of patients in the intensive care unit were admitted to the virus, and 35% were admitted for other reasons and the test was positive.
However, the ministry noted that data from hospitals and intensive care units should be interpreted with caution on weekends due to delayed reporting.
Yesterday, laboratories in Ontario processed just over 8,200 tests, giving a percentage of positive results of 8.6%, which is lower than nine percent this time a week ago, according to the ministry.
The province confirmed another 878 infections today, but health officials say the daily number of cases is underestimated due to limited access to PCR testing.
In recent cases, 582 individuals received three doses of COVID-19 vaccine, 159 received two doses, 95 were partially or unvaccinated, and 42 had unknown vaccination status.
Yesterday, the province administered 12,158 doses of vaccine to Ontario residents.
To date, 90% of Ontario residents aged five and over have received a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 87% 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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