Ontario reports 3,814 patients with COVID in hospital, 527 in ICUs
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Meanwhile, the death toll in Ontario has risen to 10,522 as 42 more virus-related deaths were added. Ontario reported 10,964 new cases.
Ontario is reporting 3,814 people are in hospital with COVID on Friday, though just over half of them were initially admitted due to complications with the virus.
The Ontario government recently released data this week differentiating between those who were admitted to hospital due to a COVID-related illness and incidental admissions.
Of the 3,814 people in hospital with COVID-19, which is up by 184 since yesterday, around 53 per cent of them were admitted because of the virus, while about 47 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.
The province also reported of the hospitalizations, there are 527 people in ICUs, which is up by 27 from the previous day. Around 80 per cent of those in intensive care were admitted because of COVID, while around 20 per cent were admitted for other reasons.
Hospitalizations for people testing positive for COVID in Ontario have reached an all-time pandemic high, up from 2,472 reported last Friday.
Patients in ICUs with COVID continue to climb in Ontario, but the third wave recorded the most number of patients in ICUs at 900 on May 1.
For vaccination status among hospitalizations, 686 were unvaccinated, 167 were partially vaccinated and 2,035 were fully vaccinated. For patients in ICUs, 168 were unvaccinated while 19 were partially vaccinated and 185 were fully vaccinated. This dataset will grow and improve over time, officials noted.
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