Well being officers say hospitalizations associated to COVID-19 in Ontario dropped to 419 on Sunday — the bottom stage recorded in 5 months.

The final time hospital admissions linked the novel coronavirus had been this low was on December 26 once they reached 373.

In the meantime, ICU admissions elevated barely from 107 to 111.

It must be famous that not all hospitals report affected person information over the weekend.

No info on vaccination standing or incidental hospitalizations was launched by the well being ministry.

Three further deaths as a result of COVID-19 had been additionally reported since yesterday, nonetheless all of these deaths occurred within the final month.

Ontario’s COVID-19 loss of life toll now stands at 13,288.

With 6,998 checks carried out in a single day, Ontario’s positivity fee is 7.1 per cent, in line with the Ministry of Well being.

Not less than 710 new circumstances of the virus had been confirmed by way of these checks. Testing for COVID-19 in Ontario stays restricted to pick out high-risk teams and the circumstances reported right this moment must be thought-about an undercount.

The province has seen 1,307,600 lab-confirmed circumstances of COVID-19 because the starting of the pandemic, together with 1,285,226 recoveries.