COVID-19 patients in Ontario ICU soar to 412, nearly 12K new cases logged

Another 21 people have died after contracting COVID-19 in Ontario as the number of patients in intensive care with the disease continues to rise.

On Sunday, health officials said that at least 412 people were in intensive care as a result of COVID-19. Of those patients, 226 are breathing with the assistance of a ventilator.

The number of COVID-19 patients in ICU was 385 on Saturday, 338 on Friday and 219 on Thursday.

There are at least 2,419 people in hospital who have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Sunday morning. This represents a slight drop from Saturday, however officials noted that not all hospitals provide COVID-19 data on weekends.

Vaccination data for hospitalized patients is also not available.