There are about 302 patients in Ontario ICUs with COVID-related critical illness, according to the latest report by the province.
The latest COVID updates published by the province also report 41 new deaths, 2,404 new cases and approximately 1,066 COVID-positive patients in Ontario hospitals.
New case counts no longer reflect COVID-19 transmission in the province as testing is not open to everyone. Totals are therefore underestimated.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 1,093,930 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 1,063,134 recoveries and 12,347 deaths.
The Feb. 24 updates provided by the province's public health agency and the ministry of health also reported the following data:
Cases
- 41 new deaths, all occurred in the last month.
- 2,604 recoveries since yesterday's report
- Among the new cases confirmed today are 298 unvaccinated people, 80 partially vaccinated people, and 1,841 fully vaccinated people. 185 cases were reported with vaccination status unknown.
- The seven-day average incidence rate for cases is 11.5 cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people, nine cases per 100,000 partially vaccinated people, and 11 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people.
Hospitalizations
- 1,066 people are in hospital testing positive for COVID-19. Of those, 49 per cent were admitted because of COVID-19 and 51 per cent were admitted for other reasons but test positive for COVID-19.
- Included in the hospitalized cases are 242 unvaccinated people, 34 partially vaccinated people, and 597 fully vaccinated people.
- There are approximately 302 patients in Ontario ICUs with COVID-related illnesses, and 254 patients in the ICU currently testing positive for COVID-19.
- There are 192 COVID patients on ventilators because of COVID-related critical illness.
- Included in the ICU COVID patients are 75 unvaccinated, eight partially vaccinated, and 98 fully vaccinated people.
Vaccination
- About 85 per cent of the population over four years old in Ontario is fully vaccinated (about 11.9 million people)
- More than 6.9 million people in Ontario have had three doses of a COVID vaccine.
- 10 per cent of the eligible population (aged 5 and up) is unvaccinated
Testing
- Provincial labs processed 21,449 tests yesterday resulting in a 9.7 per cent positivity rate. There are 6,875 tests still being processed.
Simcoe-Muskoka
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported three, two new hospitalizations related to COVID, and 87 new cases in the latest update published Feb. 23.
The health unit has reported 71 COVID-19 deaths in January and 34 in February.
There are at least 42 people from the region hospitalized because of COVID-19, with eight residents currently receiving care for COVID-related illness in an ICU.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 34,741 cases of COVID-19 with 32,965 of those cases recovered and 396 cases ending in death.
