COVID on Thursday, with 267 in intensive care units as figures continue to trend downwards.This is down by 13 hospitalizations and a decrease of six in ICUs since the previous day.Last Thursday, there were 1,066 hospitalizations with 302 in ICU.Data for distinguishing between those admitted to hospital directly because of COVID, and those who were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus, was not available on Thursday.Meanwhile, Ontario also reported 2,262 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 1,107,408.Of the 2,262 new cases recorded, the data showed 259 were unvaccinated people, 66 were partially vaccinated people, 1,762 were fully vaccinated people.
For 175 people the vaccination status was unknown. Vax And Read campaign to bring COVID-19 vaccines to Toronto Public Library branches The death toll in the province has risen to 12,497 as 19 more virus-related deaths were added.
Thursday’s report indicated 17 of the deaths occurred over the past month. The other two deaths occurred more than a month ago.One more death was included in the aged 19 and under category since the previous day.There are a total of 1,077,985 recoveries, which is around 97 per cent of known cases.