2,634 people in Ontario hospitals with COVID, 517 in intensive care

Ontario added 60 more COVID-related deaths on Friday, 58 of which occurred over the past 22 days.

Ontario is reporting 2,634  people in hospital with COVID on Friday, with 517 in intensive care units.

This is down by 163 hospitalizations and a decrease of 24 in ICUs since the previous day. Last Friday, there were 3,535 hospitalizations with 607 in ICU.

The province recently began distinguishing between those who were admitted to hospital directly because of COVID, and those who were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.

Of the 2,634 people in hospital with COVID-19, 54 per cent of them were admitted because of the virus, while 46 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.

Of the 517 people in ICUs with the virus, around 83 per cent were admitted because of COVID, while around 17 per cent were admitted for other reasons.

Meanwhile, Ontario also reported 4,047 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, though that is an underestimate of the true widespread transmission of the virus due to recent testing restrictions. The provincial case total now stands at 1,047,970.

Of the 4,047 new cases recorded, the data showed 685 were unvaccinated people, 170 were partially vaccinated people, 2,827 were fully vaccinated people. For 365 people the vaccination status was unknown.

The death toll in the province has risen to 11,711 as 60 more virus-related deaths were added.