That’s 667 people hospitalized on Friday, though at least 10 percent of hospitals do not report their data on weekends. Ontario reported another 2,754 cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, as confirmed by limited PCR testing. However, virus levels observed in wastewater data indicate that daily infections are somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000. Here are some other key pandemic indicators and data from Daily provincial information of the Ministry of Health: Completed tests: 17,341. Positiveness rate throughout the province: 13.5 percent. Active cases: 18,576. ICU patients with COVID-related diseases: 157; The 92 needed a respirator to breathe. Deaths: Five, raising the official tally to 12,397.
