COVID on Wednesday, with 114 in intensive care.This is down by four for hospitalizations and unchanged for ICUs since the previous day.Last Wednesday, there were 722 hospitalizations with 127 in ICU.According to latest data for hospitalizations, 59 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.
For those in ICUs, 31 per cent were admitted for other reasons. Updated Moderna COVID-19 vaccine boosts Omicron protection, company says Meanwhile, Ontario also reported 1,013 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, 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 1,309,618.The death toll in the province has risen to 13,304 from the previous day as 11 new virus-related death was added.
Four of the deaths occurred more than a month ago and were added following data cleanup, according to the report.There are a total of 1,287,532 recoveries, which is around 98 per cent of known cases.