Ontario continues to report reduced COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions, 14 additional deaths
CTV
Hospitalizations and intensive care admissions related to COVID-19 continued to drop Saturday to a low Ontario has not seen since early January.
Health officials logged 1,191 COVID-19 hospitalizations – the lowest number of admissions since early January.
Of those hospitalizations, 50 per cent were admitted with COVID-19 and 50 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus while in hospital.
In the ICU, 329 people with COVID-19 are seeking care – the lowest number of admissions since Jan. 6 when there were 319.
Ontario Minister of Health Christine Elliott said that of the 329 patients in ICU with COVID-19, 79 per cent were admitted for COVID-19 and 21 per cent were admitted for other reasons but have now tested positive for the virus.
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