Ontario reports 13 more COVID-19-related deaths as the province’s positive rate continues to decline slowly.
On Saturday, officials said just over 12,000 PCR tests gave a positive percentage of about 8.9 percent. This is the lowest percentage of positivity in the province since the end of February.
The majority of Ontario residents cannot be properly tested for COVID-19 due to restrictions imposed by the government.
Sewage data provided by the province’s COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Table appear to indicate a continuing decline in infection in most regions, although small growth appears to be observed in northern Ontario and the Greater Toronto region.
Twelve of the 13 deaths from COVID-19 occurred in the last month, while the rest were added to the total due to data collection.
A total of 13,159 people lost their lives after contracting the disease.
Officials say 1,116 people are in hospital with the new coronavirus, including 160 in intensive care.
Just under half of intensive care patients were treated for COVID-19, while the remaining patients tested positive after being admitted to other conditions.
Nearly 39% of all hospitalizations are a direct result of a diagnosis of COVID-19.
Since the beginning of the pandemic in Ontario, 1,294,447 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported.
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