COVID-19: a male in his 80a, a male in his 70s, a female in her 70s, and a male in his 50s,” Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, medical officer of health, stated.“I wish to express my deep sympathy to the families of these individuals.” Omicron subvariant reinfections possible but rare, Danish study shows There have now been 82 victims reported in 2022 including 28 during the month of February.The three area hospitals continue to deal with a high level of patients although that number continues to decrease.On Tuesday, it was reported that they had 50 patients including 14 who were in need of intensive care.There are also five active outbreaks at the area hospitals as the region now has 16 active COVID-19 outbreaks in areas of concern.
There are also six in congregate settings and five in long-term-care or retirement homes.Waterloo Public Health reported another 69 positive tests for the coronavirus on Tuesday, lifting the total number of official cases in the area to 40,252.This lifts the rolling seven-day average number of new daily cases back up to 56.3 A week ago, that number was 78.6, but the testing numbers are considered an underestimation of actual community caseload since changes to testing availability have decreased the veracity of the totals.Another 87 people were cleared of the virus, lifting the total number of resolved cases up to 39,097.
This drops the number of active cases in the region to 735, whereas there were 877 last Wednesday. Ontario COVID numbers: 1,106 people in hospital, 319 in intensive care Elsewhere, Ontario reported 1,106 people in hospital with COVID on Wednesday, with 319 in intensive care units.This is up by 68 hospitalizations and unchanged in ICUs since the previous day.