COVID on Tuesday, the most seen since mid-February, with 206 in intensive care.This is up by 185 for hospitalizations and an increase of four for ICUs since the previous day as figures continue to trend upward.Last Tuesday, there were 1,366 hospitalizations with 190 in ICU.
This is a nine per cent and 8.4 per cent increase, respectively, to the figures this week.According to latest breakdown for hospitalizations, 55 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.
For those in ICUs, 36 per cent were admitted for other reasons. Moderna aims for fall release of COVID-19 Omicron vaccine Meanwhile, Ontario also reported 1,218 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, though that is an underestimate of the true widespread transmission of the virus due to testing restrictions.
The provincial case total now stands at 1,223,461.The death toll in the province has risen to 12,633 as one more virus-related deaths was added.There are a total of 1,176,875 recoveries, which is around 96 per cent of known cases.