COVID-19 hospitalizations virtually unchanged from last week as Ontario slowly exits sixth wave

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COVID-19 hospitalizations virtually unchanged from last week as Ontario slowly exits sixth wave
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The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is virtually unchanged from one week prior, as Ontario’s healthcare system continues to be under strain despite a notable decline in virus activity in the community.

The latest data from the Ministry of Health suggests that there are now 1,662 people in hospital with COVID-19, down from, 1,679 at this time last week and a sixth wave peak of 1,734 on April 27.

“Hospitalization, although it looks like they're starting to come down, really taken a long time to do so,” infectious disease specialist Dr. Susy Hota warned during an interview with CP24 on Friday morning. “We're kind of stabilized out at around 1,700 patients across Ontario hospitals with COVID and that's a lot. It is really kind of adding to the stress of everything. Thankfully, it looks like the wave is already starting to come down in all regions within the province.

Meanwhile, other public health indicators like counts and positivity rates are increasingly suggesting an exit from the sixth wave of the pandemic. The positivity rate over the last seven days is also down week-over week and now stands at 13.8 per cent. It was 14.8 per cent last Friday and 18 per cent the previous Friday.

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