Ontario has confirmed 23 net new deaths from COVID-19 in the last two days, as 1,130 patients are currently hospitalized with the virus.
The Ministry of Health has published data on the coronavirus for yesterday and today because of Good Friday.
He reported 13 net new deaths on Friday and 10 deaths today, increasing the number of deaths in the province to 12,629.
Five of the 23 deaths were in long-term care homes.
The ministry said there were 1,427 patients treated with the virus in hospitals on Friday, down from 1,130 today.
Of those in hospital today, 45% were admitted for COVID-19-related reasons and 55% were admitted for other reasons, but subsequently tested positive for the virus.
In addition, 182 of these hospitalized patients were in intensive care on Friday and three more were added to intensive care today.
On Thursday, the Ontario Scientific Advisory Table published new forecasts for COVID-19 and said hospitalizations could exceed 3,000 by May in the most likely scenario, reaching levels seen during the height of the fifth wave of the pandemic last winter.
The table also predicts that the number of COVID patients in the intensive care unit will increase, but the final peak is likely to be lower than it was during the last wave.
Ontario labs have processed nearly 19,300 PCR tests in the past 24 hours, generating a 18.5% positive rate, up from 18.4% a week ago, the ministry said.
In addition, the province confirmed 4201 infections today, but this remains insufficient due to limited tests. On Friday, the province confirmed 4,332 new cases.
Among the new cases reported today, 2,668 people received three doses of COVID-19 vaccine, 912 received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine, 455 were not fully vaccinated and 166 had unknown vaccination status.
Earlier this week, the head of the Ontario Scientific Advisory Table said the daily number of cases seemed to have slowed amid the sixth wave of the pandemic, based on wastewater data.
“We know we’ve slowed down. Is this a plateau now and are we staying on a high plateau? Will we go up again, especially after Easter? It will depend on us. Or will we start going down? We need a few more days of data to be a little more confident, but it certainly looks much better than six or seven days ago, “Dr. Peter June told CP24 on Wednesday.
Junie said the delay could be due to several factors, including accumulated immunity through vaccination and infection.
So far, 90 percent of Ontario residents aged five and over have received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 86 percent have received two doses, and 51 percent have received three doses.
The numbers used in this story are in the Ontario Department of Health’s daily epidemiological summary for COVID-19. The number of cases for each city or region may differ slightly from that reported by the province, as local units report figures at different times.
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