COVID on Monday, with 219 in intensive care.This is up by 93 for hospitalizations and an increase of seven for ICUs since the previous day, though officials noted not all hospitals reported updated figures due to the weekend.Last Monday, there were 1,301 hospitalizations with 202 in ICU.
This is a 12 per cent and 8 per cent increase, respectively, to the figures this week.According to latest data for hospitalizations from the weekend, 54 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.
For those in ICUs, 34 per cent were admitted for other reasons. Unvaccinated people increase risk of COVID-19 infection among vaccinated: new study Meanwhile, Ontario also reported 2,028 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, though that is an underestimate of the true widespread transmission of the virus due to PCR testing eligibility.
The provincial case total now stands at 1,244,186.The death toll in the province has risen to 12,736 from the previous day as two more virus-related deaths were added.There are a total of 1,197,545 recoveries, which is around 96 per cent of known cases.