Ontario reports 35 new COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations fall to just over 1,700
Posted February 12, 2022 10:19 am.
Last Updated February 12, 2022 10:26 am.
Ontario is reporting 35 additional deaths due to COVID-19 on Saturday as the number of hospitalizations and ICU admissions continues to decline.
Health officials say three deaths occurred on Friday while the remaining 32 were recorded over the last 24 days. More than 1,800 deaths have been confirmed since the start of the year as the provincial death toll from COVID-19 has now surpassed 12,000.
There are 1,704 people in hospital due to the virus, a 46 per cent decline over the previous seven days and the fewest since Jan. 4. The number of patients in ICU is also down 21 per cent from the previous week and now sits at 414. Of those patients, 267 are on ventilators.
Fifty-three percent of those hospitalized are due to COVID-19 while 81 per cent of those in critical care are due to the virus.
Provincial health officials reported just under 3,000 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, however that number is underreported following changes to the province’s testing policy.
The province says it processed 18,985 tests over the last 24 hour period for a positivity rate of 11.2 per cent. There is a backlog of almost 6,200 tests.
The province administered 45,511 COVID-19 vaccines on Friday, including just over 14,000 second doses and 26,242 booster shots. Over 92 per cent of Ontarians 12-plus have received at least one dose of the vaccine while almost 90 per cent are considered fully vaccinated.
