COVID on Friday, with 154 in intensive care.This is down by 21 for hospitalizations and unchanged for ICUs since the previous day.Last Friday, there were 1,165 hospitalizations with 163 in ICU as figures continue to decline week-over-week.According to latest data for hospitalizations, 59 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.
For those in ICUs, 39 per cent were admitted for other reasons. Montreal sauna suspected origin of Canada’s monkeypox outbreak: doctors Meanwhile, Ontario also reported 1,096 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, though that is an underestimate of the true widespread transmission of the virus due to PCR testing eligibility.
The provincial case total now stands at 1,299,874.The death toll in the province has risen to 13,210 from the previous day as 15 new virus-related deaths were added.
Of the deaths, one occurred more than a month ago and was added to the total following data cleanup.There are a total of 1,274,661 recoveries, which is around 98 per cent of known cases.