Ontario reported another 3,338 cases of COVID-19 on Monday, as well as 29 more deaths of people with the illness — pushing the province’s total death toll to more than 5,000.
The new cases include 931 in Toronto, 531 in Peel Region, 241 in York Region, 168 in Niagara Region and 165 in Waterloo Region.
The number of patients with COVID-19 in hospitals climbed to 1,563, 80 more admissions than yesterday. Of those, 387 are being treated in intensive care and 268 require a ventilator to breathe, a new pandemic high in the province.
Notably, Critical Care Services Ontario, which produces an internal report on ICU admissions and capacity each morning, puts Ontario’s current ICU figure at 409, according to Anthony Dale, president of the Ontario Hospital Association.
The figures come as government sources tell CBC News that revised projections, set to be released tomorrow, forecast the province’s intensive care units to be filled beyond capacity by early February.
The 29 additional deaths in today’s update bring Ontario’s official toll to 5,012 since the first death was reported on March 19, 2020.
More to come.
