COVID-19 across Canada surpassed 10,000 patients for the first time Monday, an alarming sign of the impact the highly-transmissible Omicron variant has had on the country’s health-care system.A Global News analysis of provincial health data shows there are now 10,038 patients receiving care in hospital.

Of those, 1,148 people are in intensive care units.The country first broke its hospitalization record on Jan. 5, when the number of patients surpassed 5,000.

That number has nearly doubled in just under two weeks, as several provinces break their own records and others come close to doing so.Much of the current hospitalizations are being driven by Ontario and Quebec.

Ontario reported 578 COVID-19 patients in intensive care units and 3,887 in hospital overall, up from 3,595 a day before. Quebec, meanwhile, reported a new record of 3,381 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, including 286 in ICUs.Yet there have also been surges in other parts of the country.

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COVID-19: Quebec sees 59 more deaths, another drop in hospitalizations

Quebec premier says no plans to ease COVID-19 rules for now On Thursday, Premier François Legault confirmed the province has likely peaked in terms of infections and hospitalizations.He noted, however, the situation remains difficult with around 12,000 health-care workers still off the job.Meanwhile, 108,305 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered on Thursday for a total of more than 16,9 million doses since the start of the vaccination campaign just over a year ago. Quebec’s anti-corruption squad investigating fraud schemes linked to COVID-19 vaccine passports Since the start of the pandemic Quebec has recorded 824,942 infections including 5,995 new cases on Friday.

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28 in isolation amid COVID-19 outbreak at The Salvation Army Centre of Hope in London, Ont.

COVID-19 outbreak was declared this week at The Salvation Army Centre of Hope in London, Ont.The centre’s executive director Jon DeActis told Global News the outbreak was declared on Wednesday by the Middlesex-London Health Unit after a number of clients at the shelter either tested positive for the virus or were identified as close contacts. Here’s a look at Ontario’s planned timeline to lift COVID-19 restrictions As of Thursday evening, 18 clients had been impacted by the outbreak, half of whom have tested positive while the other half were identified as close contacts, according to DeActis.“They’re all in isolation, we’re full, but we’re isolating every single person and we’re using our chapel to isolate as well,” DeActis said.“The problem is the isolation beds were full, so we can’t get them moved from our place into the isolation beds, which are in the hotels, so once those beds become available we’re moving our clients into those.”Another 10 staff members are isolating at home, three of whom have tested positive while the rest are close contacts.Since the Centre of Hope is a congregate setting, staff are required to isolate for 10 days rather than five.DeActis says the Centre of Hope is in contact every day with the MLHU as the outbreak continues, adding that the centre has been given increased access to PCR testing as well.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

COVID-19 hospitalizations hit staggering 10,000 patients as provinces set new records

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