According to the most recent data supplied by the province, about 580 COVID-19 patients are in intensive care units across the province, with additional 40 net virus-related deaths recorded today.
Officials say there are currently 3,595 COVID-19 patients in Ontario hospitals, including 579 in the intensive care unit. This compares to 2,419 and 412 on Sunday. Officials have warned that due to a lack of reporting by some hospitals, weekend hospitalization numbers are often lower than the genuine total.
The province did not give a breakdown of hospitalized patients’ vaccination status or the percentage of those hospitalised for COVID-19 vs those admitted for other causes today.
As of Jan. 13, 71 children between the ages of zero and four are in hospital with COVID-19, according to Public Health Ontario. This age group has the highest hospitalization rate of any other age cohort under 60.
Another 40 net virus-related deaths were logged on Sunday, bringing the province’s death toll to 10,605. There were nine deaths confirmed among long-term care residents today.
With 52,676 tests processed over the past 24 hours, officials are reporting a provincewide positivity rate of 22.7 per cent, down from 27.7 per cent last week. Ontario has seen a steady decline in the overall positivity rate in the past week.
Another 10,450 COVID-19 cases were confirmed today but the number of new infections in the province is likely significantly higher due to testing restrictions.
Of the new cases confirmed today, 1,456 involve people who are not vaccinated, 360 involve those who are partially vaccinated, 8,079 involve people who have received at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 555 involve those with an unknown vaccination status.
There are an estimated 424 ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care homes in the province, up from 358 seven days ago.
At least 91.4 per cent of Ontarians 12 and older have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 88.7 per cent have received two shots.
The City of Toronto said Sunday that 50 per cent of children aged five to 11 in the city have now received at least one dose.
“With this achievement, more than 102,000 youngsters are now helping to protect their families, schools, and communities from COVID-19 and the highly transmissible Omicron variant,” the city said in a statement.
“Toronto Public Health (TPH) has advised parents and caregivers to schedule appointments and have their children vaccinated as soon as possible, with in-person schooling resuming tomorrow across Toronto.”
For the first time since the Christmas break, many students across the province will return to in-person instruction on Monday. Students in Ontario were meant to return to school on Jan. 3, but because to the rapid spread of the more contagious Omicron form, the start date was postponed twice.
Source_ the Canadian press
