Decrease in Ontario's COVID-19 hospitalizations appears to be slowing
Recent decreases in COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ontario appear to be slowing, new data released Tuesday suggests.
According to the Ministry of Health, 512 people in hospital have tested positive for COVID-19, a 2.7 per cent drop from last Tuesday. For context, a week before that, COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped from 808 to 526 -- marking a decrease of 34.9 per cent.
Meanwhile, Ontario's wastewater data is beginning to tick upward after a steep downward slope began at the end of April.
Intensive care occupancy remains steady with six more patients seeking care due to the virus since a day earlier, bringing the number of admissions to 116.
Forty-three per cent of patients hospitalized and 57 per cent of people in the ICU who tested positive for COVID-19 are receiving care for the virus. The remaining people who tested positive were admitted for other reasons.
Officials are reporting five net new deaths due to COVID just a day after the province logged no additional fatalities for the first time since early May.
The province is reporting 460 new COVID-19 cases, but health officials have warned that number is an underestimate due to restricted testing.
With 8,385 tests processed in the last 24-hours, Ontario is reporting a test positivity rate of 6.9 per cent.
Background
The numbers used in this story are found in the Ontario Ministry of Health's COVID-19 Daily Epidemiologic Summary. The number of cases for any city or region may differ slightly from what is reported by the province, because local units report figures at different times. Health experts have said the number of COVID-19 infections identified in fully vaccinated individuals will naturally increase as more people get both of their shots.
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