3,861 people in Ontario hospitals with COVID, 615 in intensive care
Global News
Ontario added 36 more COVID-related deaths on Monday. There were 4,790 new PCR confirmed cases of the virus.
Ontario is reporting 3,861 people in hospital with COVID on Monday with 615 in intensive care units.
This is up by 64 hospitalizations and an increase of 11 in ICUs since the previous day, though officials noted not all hospitals reported updated figures due to the weekend.
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.
Those figures aren’t updated on Mondays, however, due to incomplete data reporting from hospitals over the weekend.
However, figures from last week show roughly 44 per cent of those hospitalized with COVID were admitted for other reasons. Of those in intensive care with the virus, roughly 18 per cent were admitted for other reasons.
Meanwhile, Ontario also reported 4,790 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, 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 1,001,455.
Of the 4,790 new cases recorded, the data showed 814 were unvaccinated people, 182 were partially vaccinated people, 3,496 were fully vaccinated people. For 298 people the vaccination status was unknown.