Ontario health officials are recording another record-breaking number of COVID-19 cases in the province as they report more than 3,900 new infections.
The province confirmed 3,945 cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, which breaks the previous provincial daily case record of 3,799 new cases reported on Friday.
The province had actually reported 4,249 new infections on Friday, but clarified that 450 of those cases were due to a data backlog and there were actually 3,799 new case, which was still a record-breaking number at the time.
The province saw daily case counts climb above the 3,000 mark over the past six days. The province’s seven-day average for number of infections recorded is now 3,545, up from 2,792 one week ago.
Health officials also reported on Sunday that 61 more people have died due to COVID-19, including 21 people who were residents of long-term care homes. The province’s death toll now stands 4,983.
The province also deemed 2,496 more cases of the disease to be resolved as of Sunday, bringing Ontario’s number of recovered patients up to 180,720.
Sunday’s case count brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Ontario to 215,782, including deaths and recoveries.
Ontario health officials said on Sunday that there are currently 1,483 people in hospital due to COVID-19. The province said that 388 of those patients are in intensive care, and 266 of them are breathing with the assistance of a ventilator.
The province said the data on the number of people in hospitals and intensive care units may be incomplete due to reporting delays. On Saturday, a report by Critical Care Services Ontario showed that more than 400 patients are in the province’s intensive care units due to the novel coronavirus.
Health officials have said that when more than 300 COVID-19 patients are in intensive care, medical care in hospitals not related to the disease becomes nearly impossible to handle.
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News source: CTV News
