There are 445 patients in Ontario intensive care units with COVID-related critical illness, according to the latest update from the province, published Feb. 10.
Of the ICU patients, 283 are on ventilators because of COVID-19.
Today's update also includes 44 deaths, which have all occurred in the last month.
Limited testing has captured 3,201 new cases included in the latest report.
New case counts no longer reflect COVID-19 transmission in the province as testing is reserved nearly exclusively for hospitalized patients, and residents and staff at high-risk congregate settings.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 1,064,604 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 1,023,420 recoveries and 11,988 deaths.
The Feb. 10 updates provided by the province's public health agency and the ministry of health also reported the following data:
Cases
- 44 new deaths that occurred in the last month
- 4,143 recoveries since yesterday's report
- Among the new cases confirmed today are 425 unvaccinated people, 131 partially vaccinated people, and 2,159 fully vaccinated people. 486 cases were reported with vaccination status unknown.
- The seven-day average incidence rate for cases is 20 cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people, 15 cases per 100,000 partially vaccinated people, and 17.5 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people.
Hospitalizations
- 1,897 people are in hospital testing positive for COVID-19. Of those hospitalized and positive for COVID, about 56 per cent were admitted because of COVID and 44 per cent were admitted for other reasons but also test positive for COVID-19.
- Included in the hospitalized patients are 400 unvaccinated, 79 partially vaccinated, and 961 fully vaccinated people.
- There are 445 patients in Ontario ICUs with COVID-related illnesses, and 406 of them remain COVID-positive.
- There are 283 COVID patients on ventilators because of COVID-related critical illness
- Among the patients in the ICU are 119 unvaccinated, 14 partially vaccinated, and 165 fully vaccinated people.
Vaccination
- About 84 per cent of the population over four years old in Ontario is fully vaccinated (about 11.8 million people)
- More than 6.6 million people in Ontario have had three doses of a COVID vaccine.
- 11 per cent of the eligible population (aged 5 and up) is unvaccinated
Testing
- Provincial labs processed 22,417 tests yesterday resulting in an 11.2 per cent positivity rate. There are 9,103 tests still being processed.
