coronavirus data by Ontario’s COVID-19 science and modelling tables show cases overall are declining, but experts say deaths at the province’s long-term care homes are increasing as capacity at intensive care units continues to remain strained.The update comes amid concerns by experts about COVID-19 variants.“COVID-19 has an outsized impact on our health system.
This access to care deficit continues to grow and will have short- and longer-term negative impacts on health,” a presentation by officials Thursday afternoon said.“We are still likely to surpass total deaths (at long-term care homes) from the first wave.