Today the province is reporting about 491 people in Ontario intensive care units because of COVID-19.
Another 70 people have died after contracting COVID-19, according to the latest update.
There are 3,645 COVID-positive people currently hospitalized and about 2,041 of them were hospitalized because of COVID. The rest were hospitalized for other reasons but test positive for COVID-19.
On Jan. 27, Public Health Ontario is reporting 5,852 new COVID cases, however, new case counts no longer reflect COVID-19 transmission in the province as testing is reserved nearly exclusively for hospitalized patients, and residents and staff at high-risk congregate settings.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 1,016,099 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 950,795 recoveries and 11,230 deaths.
The Jan. 27 updates provided by the province's public health agency and the ministry of health also reported the following data:
Cases
- 8,637 recoveries and 70 deaths since yesterday's report. The deaths reported have all occurred within the last month.
- There are 54,074 active, lab-confirmed cases in Ontario
- Among the new cases confirmed today are 960 unvaccinated people, 236 partially vaccinated people, and 4,004 fully vaccinated people.
- The seven-day average incidence rate for cases is 35 cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people, 25 cases per 100,000 partially vaccinated people, and 34 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people.
- Lab-confirmed testing is mostly limited to Indigenous people and those who live or work in high-risk congregate care settings or work in them. As such a majority of the people being tested are fully vaccinated as per provincial or workplace mandatory vaccine policies.
Hospitalizations
- 3,645 people are in hospital testing positive for COVID-19. Of those, 56 per cent (about 2,041 people) were hospitalized because of COVID-19 and the other 44 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID.
- There are 599 patients in Ontario ICUs with COVID. Of those, 82 per cent (about 491 patients) were admitted because of COVID-19 and the other 18 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID.
- There are 366 COVID patients on ventilators.
- Among the patients in the ICU, 204 are unvaccinated, 19 are partially vaccinated, and 221 are fully vaccinated.
- Among those hospitalized but not in the ICU are 706 unvaccinated patients, 165 partially vaccinated patients, and 1,861 fully vaccinated patients.
Testing
- Provincial labs processed 33,560 tests yesterday resulting in a 14.1 per cent positivity rate. There are 17,276 tests still being processed.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 6,896.3 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average seven-day incidence rate from Jan. 17 to Jan. 23 was 273.5 cases per 100,000 people, which decreased 37.4 per cent over the seven-day period starting on Jan. 11.
For more on the province's breakdown of vaccination status, click here.
Simcoe-Muskoka
On Jan. 26, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported two deaths, 10 new hospitalizations, and 390 new cases captured in limited testing since Friday.
There are approximately 57 Simcoe-Muskoka residents hospitalized for COVID-19.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 30,910 cases of COVID-19 with 26,601 of those cases recovered and 329 cases ending in death.
