Ontario reports lowest hospital and ICU admissions with COVID-19 since first week of January
CTV
Hospitalizations and intensive care admissions related to COVID-19 in Ontario have dropped to their lowest levels since the first week of January as the province rolls back pandemic restrictions on Thursday.
Beginning today, restaurants, gyms and movie theatres can return to full capacity as long as they screen attendees for their COVID-19 vaccination.
Following a steady decline that has taken place over the last few weeks, health officials logged 1,342 people hospitalized with COVID-19 – the lowest number of admissions since Jan. 4 when there were 1,290.
In the ICU, 356 people are being treated for COVID-19 – the lowest number of admissions since Jan. 7 when there were 338.
Ontario health officials reported 37 deaths related to COVID-19. Thirty-six of those occurred over the past 30 days while one death happened more than a month ago and was added to the cumulative count.
