Ontario is reporting fewer than 1,700 COVID-19 related hospitalizations for the third day in a row and 13 additional deaths on Saturday.
According to the province’s online data, there are 1,676 people in hospital, 157 patients are in ICU with the virus, and 89 people are on a ventilator. However, not all hospitals report their data on weekends.
The province also states the 13 deaths reported are from the past month. That brings the total number of deaths to 12,825 to date.
There are 2,799 new cases of the virus being reported, but Ontario’s panel of COVID-19 advisers’ scientific director said multiplying the daily case count by 20 would provide more of an accurate number.
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In the past day, 16,841 tests have been completed with a 13.8 per cent positivity rate. The number of tests completed is a decline compared to the day before by around 12 per cent while the test positivity rate increased by 4.55 per cent in the past 24 hours.
The province says online 87 per cent of all eligible Ontarians, those five years of age and older, are fully vaccinated, three per cent are partially vaccinated, and 10 per cent have not rolled up their sleeves.
Since December 15 2020, 12,167,164 Ontarians have been fully vaccinated.