Health officials in Ontario are reporting that there are now 700 fewer patients hospitalized with COVID-19 as ICU admissions fall below 250 for the first time in two months.
Data released on Sunday showed that there are now 684 patients testing positive for the novel coronavirus in hospitals across the province, down from the 795 patients reported on Saturday.
Meanwhile, ICU enrollments related to COVID-19 decreased from 253 to 247. The last time ICU enrollments were below 250 was on January 3.
The government does not release information on vaccination status or random hospitalizations. It should be noted that not all hospitals report patient data at the end of the week.
Another 21 new deaths were also recorded on Sunday. However, 17 of those deaths occurred last month and 4 occurred more than a month ago and are currently being reported only due to data cleaning.
The province has seen 12,570 deaths related to COVID-19 since the pandemic broke out.
Additionally, 1,787 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the past 24 hours, although health officials have warned that the number is likely to be low due to limited access to testing in Ontario.
With 12,119 tests carried out as of yesterday, the province’s positivity rate is 10.2%, according to the Ministry of Health.
Ontario has recorded 1,113,210 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the past 22 months, including deaths and recoveries.
WHERE ARE NEW CASES OF COVID-19?
Most of the cases reported by the province on Sunday were found in Toronto (270), Peel Region (143) and Ottawa (104).
Other areas with relatively high numbers of cases reported include Windsor-Essex (84), Niagara Region (84) and Durham Region (82).
UPDATE THE VACCINATION
Health Minister Christine Elliott said 92.7% of Ontarians over the age of 12 had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 90.6% received two doses and are considered fully vaccinated.
At least 31,791,237 injections have been transmitted across Ontario, and 17,554 doses were given as of Saturday.
