Ontario reports total of 1,550 people in hospital with COVID-19, including 384 in ICU
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Ontario health officials are reporting a total of 1,550 people in hospital with COVID-19, including 384 people in the province’s intensive care units.
The number of people in intensive care has been steadily decreasing for weeks. Just a day earlier, officials reported that 394 people were in intensive care. On Sunday, officials reported 402 people in ICU.
The province also reported that 19 more people have died due to COVID-19 over the past 24 days. A spokesperson said one of the deaths reported on Feb. 14, six deaths occurred on Feb. 13, four deaths occurred on Feb. 12 and the remaining eight deaths occurred previous to that.
Officials said there have been a total 12,120 COVID-19-related deaths in the province since the start of the pandemic.
The province reported that 54 per cent of the 2,059 people in hospital are primarily there due to COVID-19, while the remaining 46 per cent were admitted for other reasons but have now tested positive for the virus.
