JUST IN: Ontario COVID-19 ICU occupancy drops below 200; 19 more deaths
The Ministry of Health says there are currently 644 patients hospitalized due to the virus, down from 649 yesterday and from 742 a week ago.Today marks the lowest ICU occupancy level since Dec. 29, 2021 when there were 190 patients in ICU.
The federal government is expected to announce today that vaccinated travellers will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test before entering the country as of April 1. “I think it also just imposes a lot of instability and it poses a lot of financial expense. It makes people question travel, and again people did what they needed to do. They got vaccinated, their risk is exceptionally low,” he told CP24 on Thursday. .
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