Ontario is turning the corner of the sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a leading infectious disease specialist said Monday, as the province does not report new deaths and has the lowest positive rate since March 20.
Ontario reported a 12 percent positive result on Monday, generated by 7,702 tests, the lowest number of tests completed in the 24-hour period since March 28.
No new deaths were confirmed on Monday, the second in 30 days.
UHN Infectious Diseases Specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch says any indicator that is still informed by accurate data tells him that Ontario is coming down from the peak of the sixth wave.
“It’s hard to know exactly because we don’t have the same level of testing at the community level,” he told CP24. “But if you do reverse engineering, how many possible cases do we get per day – if you look at the signal for wastewater, the positivity, everything is going in the right direction. The only thing that takes a little time is hospitalization and admission to the intensive care unit. “
The Ontario Scientific Consultancy Table for COVID-19, which cites wastewater data, estimates that transmission has declined in each of the six subregions into which the province divides, with the largest decline in SARS-CoV-2 signaling observed in the north. , eastern Ontario and central Ontario east of the GTA.
“Probably in every public health department in every region of Ontario, things are turning or turning,” Bogoch said. “That doesn’t mean we’re ready.”
Of the 1,206 new cases confirmed by Monday’s PCR tests, 167 included unvaccinated or partially vaccinated people, 219 included people with two doses of vaccine, 777 included people with three doses of vaccine and 43 included people whose vaccine status is unknown.
The percentage of PCR-positive individuals in Ontario with three doses may be exaggerated, as the current eligibility for testing in the province is closely related to many of the groups (health and community workers, residents, first responders, etc.). n.) with the best overall coverage of the third dose.
The total employment of hospitals provided by the province on Monday was incomplete, but there were 201 patients in intensive care, down six from Sunday and 10 from a week ago.
Eighty-seven patients breathed with a ventilator, three less than a week ago and a week ago.
The health ministry said 6,019 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were given on Sunday.
Of these, 371 were first doses, 457 were second doses, 883 were third doses, and 4308 were fourth doses.
In all age groups, 84.5% of Ontario residents had at least one dose of vaccine, 81.4% had two doses, and 49% had three doses.
The numbers used in this story are in the Ontario Department of Health’s daily epidemiological summary 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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