Ontario has changed the eligibility for publicly funded COVID-19 testing. As a result, the daily case numbers provided by Ontario Public Health are not an accurate reflection of how many cases there are in the province.
Ontario reported 1,282 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, down just slightly from Monday’s 1,335 cases.
There are currently 1,038 people hospitalized with COVID-19; 319 of those individuals are in the ICU. According to Minister of Health Christine Elliott, 80% of these 319 patients were admitted for COVID-19, while the remaining 20% were admitted for other reasons but have tested positive for COVID-19.
This is the lowest number of hospitalizations seen since December 30 when there were 965 people in hospitals with the virus.
Today there are 1,282 new cases of #COVID19. Yesterday there were 1,335 new cases.
Today’s numbers will be available at 10:30 a.m. at https://t.co/ypmgZbVRvn.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) February 22, 2022
The Ministry of Health reported processing 15,365 new COVID-19 tests on Tuesday, making the provincial positivity rate roughly 6.9%.
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Fifteen new deaths were reported on Monday, followed by an additional nine deaths on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total up to 12, 288.
To date, 85.4% of Ontarians aged 5 or older have received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 57.2% of Ontarians aged 18 and older have received a booster dose.