TORONTO – Covid-19, hospitalizations in Ontario are returning to drop, after the surge recorded in recent days: today a total of 553 people were hospitalized in the hospitals of the province, including 157 inpatients in intensive care. Much less, therefore, than the 707 reported on Saturday and 667 on Friday, although it should be remembered that not all hospitals communicate their data on Sundays. 

Provincial health officials also recorded 4 deaths today: since the start of the pandemic, there have been 12,401 victims in Ontario so far. Today 2,215 new cases of Covid-19 were reported: 251 involving people not fully vaccinated, 560 with two doses of a vaccine, 1,206 with three doses of the vaccine and 198 with an unknown vaccination status. 16,066 tests processed in the last 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 12.2%. There are now 19,149 active and known cases in Ontario. Despite the small number of tests carried out (being reserved only for “at risk” categories), the number of registered infections is still high: last Thursday the active and known cases were 16..831.

1,638 healings reported today, bringing the number of patients healed in Ontario, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 1,121,755, while the total cases confirmed in the laboratory are now 1,153,305.

The hospitalization front, despite the decline recorded today by Ontario, is returning “hot” in some provinces of Canada: in recent days, in fact, in some cases there has been a rapid surge in the number of beds occupied, even if the trend it mainly concerns ordinary wards and not intensive care, a sign that the Omicron 2 variant, although more infectious, seems to have less serious consequences.

Let’s see the state of hospitalizations across the country, province by province, by comparing today’s numbers with those of Tuesday 15 March and Tuesday 22 March (in parentheses, the hospitalized a week ago and two weeks ago). Quebec 1,048 (March 22, 1,002; March 15, 1,077); Alberta 956 (March 22, 966; March 15, 1,045); Ontario 553 (March 22, 551; March 15, 722); British Columbia 260 (March 22, 290; March 15, 368); Saskatchewan 306 (March 22, 299; March 15, 339); Manitoba 165 (March 22, 182; March 15, 162); New Brunswick 129 (March 22, 99; March 15, 103); Nova Scotia 29 (March 22, 26; March 15, 50); Newfoundland and Labrador 27 (March 22, 31; March 15, 22); Prince Edward Island 22 (March 22, 27; Marc 15, 17).

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