Ontario reporting dip in COVID hospitalizations for fifth straight day, 56 deaths
Posted February 6, 2022 10:21 am.
Last Updated February 6, 2022 3:49 pm.
For the fifth day in a row, Ontario is seeing a decline in COVID-19-related hospitalization numbers with 2,230 patients admitted.
Of those patients, 486 people are in ICU with the virus, according to provincial data.
However, not all hospitals report their data over the weekends.
Last Sunday, the province reported 3,019 people hospitalized, which is a drop of 789 cases compared to this latest count.
February 6 – Critical Care Services Ontario is reporting 474 adult #COVID related critical illness (CRCI) patients in ICUs. 285 CRCI patients were ventilated. There were 26 new adult admissions. The 7-day rolling avg. of CRCI patients in ICU is 523. #onpoli #onhealth pic.twitter.com/FzJgf3HqWH
— Ontario Hospital Association (@OntHospitalAssn) February 6, 2022
The Ontario Hospital Association is reporting 474 adult COVID-19 related illness patients in critical care, with 285 of those individuals on a ventilator.
It says there were also 26 new admissions, bringing the seven-day rolling average of patients in ICU tp 523. This number is down from 593 compared to a week ago.
The province is reporting 56 deaths on Sunday, which it says occurred over the past 23 days. Two were on Saturday, and nine were on Friday.
Below is the number of new COVID-19 infections and tests in Ontario. Cases are likely much higher due to changes in testing strategy across the province. More information on these changes can be found here.
Ontario is reporting 2,887 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, but due to changes with testing, officials say this number is underreported.
In the past day, 17,502 tests have been completed, with an 11.8 per cent positivity rate.
It’s the lowest positivity rate we have seen since December 22, 2021.
The province said on Sunday that it was experiencing technical difficulties, so vaccination data was not available. The day before, Ontario reported 92 per cent of those 12 years and older having one dose of a vaccine, and 89.4 per cent with two doses.
It also said on Friday, more than 66,000 vaccine doses were administered.
