Ontario Reports 3,453 New COVID Cases When Test Positivity Reaches Nearly 10% | The Canadian News

Ontario reported 3,453 new COVID cases on Tuesday, as daily positive infections continue to rise amid the highly contagious Omicron variant. The total number of provincial cases now stands at 657,180.

For comparison, last Tuesday it saw 1,429 new cases and the previous Tuesday 928. During the last three days, 3,784 new cases were reported on Monday, 4,177 on Sunday and 3,301 on Saturday.

The Ontario COVID-19 Science Table, a panel of physicians advising the provincial government, noted in its dashboard that Omicron now accounts for at least 88 percent of all positive cases, compared to Friday, when it was around 50 percent.

However, as infections increase, COVID patients in ICUs (intensive care units) have remained relatively stable, but are generally increasing slowly. Experts have said it could take up to two weeks or more after an increase in new cases to see a more pronounced increase in hospitalizations / ICUs.

Of the 3,453 new cases recorded, the data showed that 673 were unvaccinated, 132 were partially vaccinated, 2,500 were fully vaccinated, and the vaccination status of 148 people was unknown.

According to Tuesday report, 901 cases were registered in Toronto, 359 in Ottawa, 345 in the York region, 280 in the Peel region, 245 in the Halton region, 168 in Waterloo and 160 in the Durham region. All other local public health units reported fewer than 160 new cases in the provincial report.

Deaths, vaccinations, recoveries, tests, 7-day average in Ontario

The death toll in the province has risen to 10,123, as 10 deaths were reported.

As of 8 pm Monday, there are more than 11.3 million people fully immunized with two doses, representing 87.9% of the population 12 years and older. The coverage of the first dose is 90.5%. There are more than 2.1 million Ontarians who have received a booster shot.

For young children ages five to 11, the first dose coverage is 38.3% – 412,875 doses to just over 1 million eligible children.

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Meanwhile, 621,355 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is 95 percent of known cases. The solved cases increased by 1,332 compared to the previous day.

Active cases in Ontario now stand at 25,702, up from the previous day when it was at 23,591, and has risen since Dec. 13 when it was at 12,032. At the peak of the second wave coronavirus surge in January, active cases reached just over 30,000. In the third wave in April, active cases exceeded 43,000.

The seven-day average has reached 3,153, a month high since early May, when Ontario emerged from a devastating third wave. This is up from the previous week when it was 1,400. A month ago, the seven-day average was around 650.

The government said 49,285 tests were processed in the previous 24 hours. 48,096 tests are currently being investigated.

The positivity of the tests reached 9.9 percent, which means that almost 1 in 10 tests are positive for COVID, the highest seen since the end of April. Last week, the positivity of the test was 6.6 percent.

Ontario Hospitalizations

Ontario reported 412 people in general hospital wards with COVID-19 (128 more than the day before) with 165 patients in intensive care units (one more) and 153 patients in intensive care units on a ventilator (one more).

Ontario health officials have recently said that intensive care occupancy can affect 250 to 300 COVID patients before the health care system is affected and requires the reduction of some non-urgent surgeries and procedures.

At the peak of the third wave, which was the worst wave of hospitalizations, the province saw up to 900 ICU patients with COVID and almost 2,400 in general hospital wards.

For those in general hospital wards with COVID, 145 were not vaccinated, 12 were partially vaccinated, and 109 were fully vaccinated. For those in ICU, 89 were not vaccinated while 4 were partially vaccinated and 37 were fully vaccinated.

Provincial officials noted this new dataset with vaccination status for hospitalizations it will grow and improve over time as more information is collected. There may also be a discrepancy due to how and when information from both is collected.

More to come.

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