COVID on Tuesday, with 140 in intensive care.This is up by 197 for hospitalizations but a decrease of seven for ICUs since the previous day as hospitals report updated figures from the weekend.Last Tuesday, there were 890 hospitalizations with 157 in ICU indicating a drop in figures week-over-week.According to latest data for hospitalizations, 59 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.
For those in ICUs, 32 per cent were admitted for other reasons. Halifax university grad forced to quit job while dealing with long COVID Meanwhile, Ontario also reported 590 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, 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 1,303,033.The death toll in the province has risen to 13,241 from the previous day as 15 new virus-related deaths were added.
The province noted that one of the deaths occurred more than a month ago following data cleanup.There are a total of 1,279,588 recoveries, which is around 98 per cent of known cases.