Breaking: Number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario dips below 800, with 253 in ICU.
from Canada and around the world Saturday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available“253 people are in ICU with #COVID19. 78 per cent of patients admitted to the ICU were admitted for COVID-19 and 22 per cent were admitted for other reasons but have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 1,930 new cases of COVID-19,” Deputy Premier Christine Elliot tweeted.
They will be tested again upon arrival on the island, with those positive for the virus required to isolate in a hotel or hospital until a followup swab on the third day. They must also have health insurance with COVID-19 coverage. The city’s death rate from the latest wave is 0.36 per cent and involves people aged 11 months to 108 years old, with a median age of 85, health authorities said at a news conference. Six of the fatalities were children, four of whom were under the age of 10.About 15 per cent of Hong Kong’s population may have been infected by COVID-19, local media reported, citing estimates by a professor advising the government on the pandemic.
Nearly a year after passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the administration says the federal government has nearly used up the money dedicated directly to COVID-19 response. More money from Congress is urgently needed to buy antibody treatments, preventative pills for the immunocompromised and to fund community testing sites, officials say.
“I’m tired, just like everyone. It’s been a long journey,” Kearney said during a recent interview. “At the very beginning, the changes were coming daily as far as what we were doing and how we were doing it.”
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