COVID-19 NUMBERS: Ont. reports another 18 virus-related deaths; 804 patients now hospitalized with COVID-19
Provincial health officials say there are now 804 COVID patients receiving treatment in hospitals, down slightly from 807 on Thursday but up from 667 one week ago. That includes 167 COVID patients in the ICU, an increase of six week-over-week.
Another 18 virus-related deaths were confirmed today, including nine that occurred within the past month and another nine that occurred more than a month ago. Dr. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious diseases specialist with Toronto General Hospital, told CP24 on Friday that while the province is seeing an uptick in transmission, we are in a better place now than we were months ago when public health restrictions, such as vaccine passports and mandatory masking, were necessary.
"A significant proportion of the population has been infected and recovered. What I am trying to say is we are not the same as we were six months ago or a year ago. We have tremendous community-level protection. That doesn't mean that this wave isn't happening. Of course it is and some people are going to get sick, and some people are going to land in hospital, and sadly, some people are going to die.
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