Ontario
Canada's Ontario reports spurt in hospitalisations due to COVID-19
Ottawa/IBNS: Ontario recorded an increase in hospitalisation due to COVID-19 to 1,662 hospitalizations on Wednesday, the most reported during the sixth wave of the pandemic in the province.
According to the Ontario Ministry of Health, roughly 45 per cent of those patients admitted were due to the illness from COVID infection, while about 55 per cent were already in hospital when they tested positive.
While overall admissions to intensive care fell slightly from 206 to 203, 60 per cent of those people were sent to critical care directly because of COVID-19.
Ontario also reported 28 more deaths from COVID, the highest single-day tally in two weeks.
Meanwhile, another 40,643 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered on Tuesday by public health units, the majority of which were second booster shots for eligible Ontarians aged 60 and older.
More than 87 per cent of Ontarians aged 12 and above had at least two doses of vaccines.
(Reporting by Asha Bajaj)
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