COVID-19 patients.Health Minister Christine Elliott said Friday that could increase intensive-care unit capacity in Ontario by up to 1,000 patient beds.The province reported on Sunday that 605 people were in ICU.Ontario also said that there were 4,456 new COVID-19 cases in the province on Sunday, marking a new single-day high for new infections.
Ontario hospitals told to ‘ramp down’ all elective, non-emergency surgeries due to COVID-19 Hospitals in northern Ontario are exempt from cancelling non-urgent procedures but a memo from Ontario Health on Thursday night said they should prepare to ramp down quickly in the near future.The memo also asked hospitals to identify staff who may be redeployed to other sites if necessary.Also Sunday,.