COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations from the virus, the number of those needing treatment from an intensive care unit (ICU) is not dropping as fast.During an epidemiology update from a Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) town hall on Thursday, the director of infection prevention and control revealed a rapid decrease in ward patients week over week but a much slower decline with the sickest patients.
Ontario reports 1,273 new COVID-19 cases, 14 deaths “We see a rapid, relatively rapid decrease in number of ward patients, but the ICU piece, the piece that’s really putting a strain on to our system, continues to decrease only very slowly,” Dr.