Ottawa/CMEDIA: Ontario recorded an increase in hospitalization due to COVID-19 to 1,662 hospitalizations on Wednesday, the most reported during the sixth wave of the pandemic in the province.
Ottawa/IBNS: Ontario recorded an increase in hospitalization due to COVID-19 to 1,662 hospitalizations on Wednesday, the most reported during the sixth wave of the pandemic in the province.
According to the Ontario Ministry of Health, roughly 45 percent of those patients admitted were due to the illness from COVID infection, while about 55 percent were already in hospital when they tested positive.
While overall admissions to intensive care fell slightly from 206 to 203, 60 per cent of those people were sent to critical care directly because of COVID-19.
Ontario also reported 28 more deaths from COVID, the highest single-day tally in two weeks.
Meanwhile, another 40,643 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered on Tuesday by public health units, the majority of which were second booster shots for eligible Ontarians aged 60 and older.
More than 87 percent of Ontarians aged 12 and above had at least two doses of vaccines.
