Ontario reports 2,493 COVID-19 hospitalizations on Saturday, 59 new deaths
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Ontario reported 2,493 COVID-19 hospitalizations on Saturday, in addition to 59 new deaths.
The number of hospitalizations is down by 141 from Friday, although that is not a reliable indicator of change as not all hospitals report figures on weekends.
The province also reported at least another 3,204 cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.
Here are some other key pandemic indicators and figures from the Ministry of Health's daily provincial update:
Tests completed: 22,527.
Provincewide test positivity rate: 12.1 per cent.
Patients in ICU with COVID-related illnesses: 501; 297 needed a ventilator to breathe.
Deaths: 59, pushing the official toll to 11,770.
Vaccinations: 66,029, bringing the total doses administered to date up to 30,949,011. Currently, 92 per cent of Ontarians aged 12+ have now had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 89.4 per cent have had two.
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