Day: 1 February 2022

Covid-19 new modelling: high number of hospitalizations, the guard remains high

TORONTO – The Ontario Science Table’s latest projections – the first in 2022 – suggest that following the lifting of some restrictions this week the peak of hospitalizations may be prolonged. Predictions about what will happen in the near future use three different scenarios based on different levels of immunity acquired through infection to chart the path forward. 

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Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide

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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of February 1, 2022, at 4:00 pm EST.

On Tuesday, health officials in Italy logged 133,142 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 11.1 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases 76.4% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 339 Covid-related deaths for a total of 146,925 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.

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