Ontario reports at least 438 COVID-19 patients in ICU, fewer than 10K new cases

The number of people in Ontario hospitals with COVID-19 continues to rise, with 438 patients now in intensive care.

According to the Ministry of Health, at least 26 more people are in the ICU due to the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours. Of those patients, 234 are breathing with the assistance of a ventilator.

There are also at least 2,467 COVID-19 patients in hospital, a slight rise from Sunday.

Not all hospitals report COVID-19 data on weekends, officials say, and updated vaccination data is not available.

Ontario is also reporting fewer than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases for the first time in 2022.