Ontario is reporting one other drop within the variety of individuals in hospital with COVID-19 as pandemic strain on the province's health-care system continues to ease.
The province mentioned 2,493 persons are at present in hospital with COVID-19 as of Saturday. On Friday, that quantity was greater than 2,600.
Well being officers additionally mentioned there are at present 501 individuals with COVID-19 in ICUs throughout the province. On Friday, that quantity was 517 and the day earlier than was 541.
The variety of individuals in hospital and ICU with COVID-19 has been dropping steadily for a number of days now.
The province reported Saturday that 59 extra individuals have died with COVID-19.
"Of those, 5 deaths occurred on Feb. 4, 19 deaths occurred on Feb. 3, seven deaths occurred on Feb. 2, with the remaining occurring within the previous days," a spokesperson for the Ministry of Well being mentioned Saturday.
Officers mentioned there have been a complete 11,770 COVID-19-related deaths within the province for the reason that begin of the pandemic in March 2020.
The province reported that 54 per cent of the two,493 individuals in hospital are primarily there as a consequence of COVID-19, whereas the remaining 46 per cent have been admitted for different causes however have now examined optimistic for the virus.
The province reported 3,204 new circumstances of COVID-19 on Saturday, however well being officers have warned that quantity is an underestimate as a consequence of testing limitations and backlogs.
With 22,527 assessments processed previously 24 hours, the Ministry of Well being says the province's positivity price is about 12 per cent.
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