Ontario reports 780 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths

Ontario is reporting 780 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, as the number continues to grow weekly. The total number of provincial cases is now 619,270.

By comparison, last Wednesday saw 591 new cases and the previous Wednesday 512 cases. All three Wednesdays had similar test volumes in the 30,000 range.

According to Wednesday’s report, 96 cases were recorded in Toronto, 88 in Windsor-Essex, 64 in Simcoe Muskoka, 56 in Sudbury, 44 in Ottawa and 43 in Waterloo. All other local public health units reported fewer than 40 new cases in the provincial report.

The death toll in the province has risen to 10,005 as five more deaths have been reported.

Meanwhile, 602,515 Ontario residents are reported to have recovered from COVID-19, representing about 97% of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 965 compared to the previous day.

Active cases in Ontario now stand at 6,750—down from the day before at 6,940, but up from November 24 when it was at 5,407. At the height of the second coronavirus spike in January, active cases were just above 30,000. In the third wave in April, active cases topped 43,000.

The seven-day average has now reached 821, up from the previous week’s 686. A month ago, the seven-day average was around 350.

The government said 35,364 tests were processed in the previous 24 hours. There are 16,736 tests currently under investigation.

The test’s positivity reached 3.1%. Last week, the test’s positivity was 2.5%.

Hospitalization in Ontario

Ontario says 296 people in general hospital wards were infected with COVID-19 (up 30 people from the previous day) with 155 patients in the intensive care unit (up two) and 137 patients in the care unit. specially by ventilator (increase by two).

Ontario Health officials recently said intensive care capacity could reach 250 or 300 patients before the health care system is impacted and require a reduction in some surgeries and procedures. emergency.

During the third peak, the worst of the hospitalizations, the province had as many as 900 patients in ICUs with COVID and nearly 2,400 patients in general hospitals.

More will come.

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