TORONTO – Covid-19, for the first time in two months the number of patients in intensive care in Ontario falls below 250: today they were 247. And 684, in total, hospitalized, a sharp decline compared to 795 patients present on Saturday. It is also true that not all hospitals report patient data over the weekend, but the decline is still substantial and confirms the trend of the last few weeks. 

Unfortunately, the number of deaths is still high: another 21, today, bringing the total in Ontario since the beginning of the pandemic to 12,570.

In the last 24 hours, 1,787 new cases of coronavirus have been reported, it being understood that the tests are limited only to the “at risk” categories. Today 12,119 tests were carried out: the provincial positivity rate is 10.2 percent.

Most of the cases reported on Sunday were detected in Toronto (270), Peel Region (143) and Ottawa (104). Other areas with relatively high reported case counts include Windsor-Essex (84), Niagara Region (84), and Durham Region (82). Active and known cases in Ontario are now 16,994.

Also in Quebec hospitalizations for (or with) Covid-19 continue to decrease, with a drop of 20 patients bringing the total to 1,238. The number of ICU patients is 76, down by 2.

9 deaths were reported in the province, with the total since the beginning of the pandemic rising to 14,085.

Today 910 new cases of the virus were registered, although the number is – as in Ontario – not reliable due to the lack of tests carried out. Quebec is encouraging people to report the results of rapid home tests through the provincial government-activated portal so that health officials can get a clearer picture of infection levels in the province. Officially, the active and known cases are 19,882.

Finally, let’s see the state of hospitalizations throughout Canada, province by province: Quebec 1,238, Alberta 1,164, Ontario 684, British Columbia 484, Saskatchewan 353, Manitoba 160, New Brunswick 92, Nova Scotia 45, Newfoundland and Labrador 16, Prince Edward Island 6.

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