The Ministry of Health reports that there are 807 patients with COVID-19 in hospitals across the province, from 778 yesterday and a significant increase from 661 a week ago.
Today marks the largest number of hospitalizations since March 4, when 821 people were hospitalized with the virus.
The ministry says 48 percent of hospitalized patients were admitted for COVID-19, while 52 percent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.
Among those currently being treated, 166 are being treated in the intensive care unit, a number more than a week ago.
Seventy-four percent of ICU patients were admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 and 26 percent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive.
Non-government epidemiologists said this week that the province had entered the sixth wave of the pandemic as cases and hospitalizations continued to rise.
“When you look at our sewage, it’s very clear.  You can name it whatever you want, you know.  “Whether it’s a resurgence of the Omicron wave we had or a sixth wave, the point is to really understand that this is not a BA wave,” Dr. Peter Juni, scientific director of the COVID Scientific Advisory Board, told CP24 on Tuesday. 19 of Ontario.  Night.
He said the highly contagious Omicron subtype could not be blamed for the growing number of cases in Ontario, but rather the increase in transmission could mainly be linked to the lifting of pandemic restrictions.
“The point here really is that it’s our sole responsibility what we see and we just have a little bit ahead of us and here we are,” Juni said.  “And we just have a duty to keep the tilt up relatively flat so that we are not challenged again in our hospitals.”
The county reported six net deaths today, with five of the deaths occurring last month and one more than a month ago.
One of the deaths was a long-term care resident, according to the ministry.
The county says there have been a total of 12,433 virus-related deaths since March 2020.
Ontario laboratories processed more than 18,300 tests in the last 24 hours, producing a 16 percent positive rate, up from 13.4 percent a week ago.
The county has confirmed 3,139 more cases of coronavirus today, but health officials say it is underestimated due to test restrictions.
Among the most recent cases, 1,722 people have received three doses of COVID-19 vaccine, 840 have received two doses, 367 have been partially vaccinated and 210 have an unknown vaccination status.
To date, 89 percent of Ontario residents aged five and over have received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 86 percent have received two doses, and 51 percent have received three doses.
The numbers used in this story are in the Ontario Department of Health’s Daily Epidemiological Summary COVID-19.  The number of cases for any city or region may differ slightly from that reported by the province, as local units report data at different times.