Ontario health officials say there are currently 1,074 people in hospital with COVID-19, including 168 patients in intensive care.
Wednesday’s hospitalization total marks a slight drop over the 1,091 count reported on Tuesday, but a strong increase over the 857 count reported on Monday.
The total number of patients in intensive care units across Ontario also dropped slightly on Wednesday from 173 yesterday. Officials also reported 32 new more deaths due to COVID-19. The province stated that 10 over the deaths occurred over the past 30 days, while the remaining 22 happened over a month ago but we added to the total count due to a data cleaning.The province reported 3,444 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, but health officials have warned that number is an underestimate due to testing limitations and backlogs.
With 21,553 tests processed in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health says the province's positivity rate is about 18 per cent.