Ontario reports total of 3,091 people in hospital with COVID-19, including 568 in ICU
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Ontario health officials are reporting that 3,091 people are in hospital with COVID-19 and 568 of those patients are in intensive care.
The total number of people in intensive care with the disease on Tuesday is a decrease from the 583 reported on Monday, 587 reported on Sunday and 597 reported on Saturday.
The province reported that 56 per cent of the 3,091 hospitalizations are people who are in hospital primarily due to COVID-19, while the remaining 44 per cent were admitted for other reasons but have now tested positive for the virus.
Eighty-four per cent of patients are in ICU primarily due to COVID-19, while 16 per cent of cases are there primarily for other reasons, but also have the virus.
The province said that 231 of the people in ICU are fully vaccinated, 199 are unvaccinated and 18 are partially vaccinated. The remaining 120 have an unknown vaccination status.
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