The number of hospitalizations on Tuesday increased significantly from the 655 reported on Monday and the 553 reported on Sunday, although not all hospitals report patient data on weekends. Of Tuesday’s hospitals, 153 patients are unvaccinated and 470 are fully vaccinated. The vaccination status of the other patients is unknown. Forty-seven percent of patients admitted to hospital for COVID-19 were admitted for COVID-19 on Tuesday, while 53 percent tested positive for irrelevant admission. In ICUs, these percentages are 72 percent and 28 percent, respectively. Of the Ontario patients currently being treated for COVID-19 in the ICU, 23 are unvaccinated and 61 are fully vaccinated. The vaccination status of the other patients is unknown. Officials reported nine new deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday. They said seven of the deaths occurred in the last 30 days, while two of them occurred more than a month ago. Since the pandemic began, 12,414 people have died from the disease. The county reported 1,610 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, but health officials have warned the number is underestimated due to testing restrictions and delays. Sewage data provided by the Ontario Scientific Table COVID-19 appear to confirm this small increase in contamination. In almost every area of the province the concentration of the disease in sewage has begun to increase. With 12,302 tests processed in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health reports that the province’s positive rate is about 14.4 percent. The county estimates that another 1,683 cases of the disease will be resolved by Tuesday, bringing the number of patients who have recovered in Ontario to 1,124,888. Today’s report brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases in Ontario to 1,156,656.
