Ontario health officials reported an additional 20 deaths from COVID-19 on Friday, as hospitalizations related to the disease increased slightly from the previous day.
According to the Department of Health, there are 1,679 people in Ontario hospitals with COVID-19, an increase of 1,661 a day earlier.
Of these patients, 209 were treated in intensive care.
The majority of people in the intensive care unit – about 70 percent – were admitted to COVID-19, while the remaining 30 percent tested positive after being admitted to other diseases.
In total, about 44% of all people hospitalized with COVID-19 were admitted for disease-related reasons.
The 20 deaths reported on Friday included two in long-term care.
The province said 19 of those deaths had occurred in the past month, while one was added to the total due to catching up.
This brings the total number of people in Ontario who have died after becoming infected with COVID-19 to 12,812.
With just over 19,200 tests processed in the last 24 hours, the health ministry says the province’s positive results rate now stands at about 13.2 percent.
The last time Ontario’s positive rate fell below 10 percent was in mid-January.
Officials registered an additional 2,760 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday, although with restrictions on testing, that number is considered an understatement.
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