Ontario COVID numbers: 1,591 people in hospital, 214 in intensive care
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The death toll in Ontario has risen by 26 more virus-related deaths since the previous day, but the report did note that one death was removed following data cleanup.
Ontario is reporting 1,591 people in hospital with COVID on Friday, with 214 in intensive care.
This is down by 35 for hospitalizations but an increase of seven for ICUs since the previous day.
Last Friday, there were 1,427 hospitalizations with 182 in ICU. This is about an 11 per cent and 18 per cent increase, respectively, to the figures this week.
According to the latest breakdown for hospitalizations, 54 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19. For those in ICUs, 39 per cent were admitted for other reasons.
Meanwhile, Ontario also reported 4,668 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, which is much higher than usual considering testing restrictions. Though, the ministry of health indicates there was a data catch-up and “this is not reflective of a real daily increase in case numbers.”
The provincial case total now stands at 1,234,240.
The death toll in the province has risen to 12,678 from the previous day as 26 more virus-related deaths were added, but the report did note that one deaths was removed following data cleanup.
There are a total of 1,188,438 recoveries, which is around 96 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 3,626 from the previous day.
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