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Ontario reported 17 additional deaths linked to COVID-19 Sunday and a decline in virus-related hospitalizations.
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Health officials said 1,410 people are currently hospitalized due to COVID-19, but noted more than 10% of facilities don’t share data on weekends, meaning the actual number is likely higher.
More recent provincial figures have shown the number of hospitalizations are more than 1,600.
The province says 187 people are in intensive care with a COVID-related illness, a decline of one from the day before.
It says 2,243 new infections were confirmed in the past 24 hours with PCR testing, which is limited to certain higher-risk groups.
The scientific director of Ontario’s panel of COVID-19 advisers has said multiplying the daily case count by 20 would give a more accurate picture.