Hospitalizations almost double in 4 days at London's largest hospital
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The region's largest hospital is feeling the burden of the highly-transmissible Omicron variant as more patients infected with COVID-19 are admitted.
The London Health Sciences Centre said Tuesday it had 59 people in hospital with the virus, ten of whom are in critical care. The hospital took a four-day holiday hiatus on reporting data. In that time, the number of inpatients nearly doubled.
Public Health Ontario forecasts show the sheer number of cases caused by Omicron threatens to overwhelm the province's health-care system. On Tuesday, two hospitals in the GTA declared a "code orange," meaning there were more patients needing care than available resources.
LHSC said it is treating fewer than five children for the virus. It said 210 staff have tested positive.
Ontario is no longer providing PCR tests for everyone, having recently changed its guidelines. With that in mind, local case counts no longer reflect the real situation. Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table estimates that roughly one in five cases are currently being confirmed by the province's testing regime.
The Middlesex London Health Unit said Tuesday it had 544 new cases of COVID-19.
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