COVID on Thursday, with 177 in intensive care.This is up by 60 for hospitalizations but a decrease of five for ICUs since the previous day.Last Thursday, there were 1,126 hospitalizations with 159 in ICU.
This is a 24 per cent and 11 per cent increase, respectively, to the figures this week.According to latest breakdown for hospitalizations, 55 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.
For those in ICUs, 35 per cent were admitted for other reasons. Toronto Mayor John Tory tests positive for COVID-19 Meanwhile, Ontario also reported 4,589 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday, though that is an underestimate of the true widespread transmission of the virus due to testing restrictions.
The provincial case total now stands at 1,209,041.The death toll in the province has risen to 12,606 as 23 more virus-related deaths were added.