TORONTO – It happens every weekend: also today the number of infected patients in Ontario hospitals dropped. From 670 patients last Thursday to 419 today, the lowest level recorded in five months. The last time that the hospitalizations linked to Covid-19 had dropped to such a low level was on 26 December 2021, when they were 373. 

But, as we said, it is a “weekend” figure: not all hospitals provide their data on Saturday and Sunday. In addition, ICU admissions have still slightly increased, in the last 24 hours, from 107 to 111 (last Thursday they were 119).

Another 3 deaths related to Covid-19 were also reported today. There have been 65 deaths in Ontario in the past seven days, 399 in the last few days and 13,288 since the start of the thirty pandemic.

On the contagion front, out of 6,998 tests performed, 710 cases of coronavirus were detected, for a positivity rate of 7.1%, the lowest since February 22. The average positivity in the last week had been 7.8%, and was in turn already down from 8.9% in the previous week. It is equally true that few tests have been carried out, due to the limitation of access to tampons only to “at risk” categories.

However, the Ontario Covid-19 Science Advisory Table reiterated that the prevalence of the virus in wastewater continues to decline in all areas of the province. The active and known cases also continue to decline, which are now at 9,086, against 9,538 last Thursday. The number has been falling steadily for two months now.

Since the start of the pandemic, 1,307,600 cases have been recorded in Ontario and 1,285,226 people have recovered from the disease.

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