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506 COVID patients in Ontario ICUs, province reports 89 new deaths

Limited testing captures 5,368 new cases Wednesday
Erika Engel
Erika Engel
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Today the province is reporting about 506 people in Ontario intensive care units because of COVID-19. 

Another 89 people have died after contracting COVID-19, according to the latest update. 

There are 4,016 COVID-positive people currently hospitalized and about 2,236 of them were hospitalized because of COVID. The rest were hospitalized for other reasons but test positive for COVID-19. 

On Jan. 26, Public Health Ontario is reporting 5,368 new COVID cases, however, 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 1,010,247 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 942,158 recoveries and 11,160 deaths.

The Jan. 26 updates provided by the province's public health agency and the ministry of health also reported the following data:

Cases

  • 9,913 recoveries and 89 deaths since yesterday's report. The deaths reported have all occurred within the last month.
  • There are 56,929 active, lab-confirmed cases in Ontario
  • Among the new cases confirmed today are 801 unvaccinated people, 191 partially vaccinated people, and 3,805 fully vaccinated people. 
  • The seven-day average incidence rate for cases is 35 cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people, 25 cases per 100,000 partially vaccinated people, and 37 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people. 
  • Lab-confirmed testing is mostly limited to those who live in high-risk congregate care settings or work in them. As such a majority of the people being tested are fully vaccinated as per provincial or workplace mandatory vaccine policies.

Hospitalizations

  • 4,016 people are in hospital testing positive for COVID-19. Of those, 56 per cent (about 2,236 people) were hospitalized because of COVID-19 and the other 44 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID. 
  • There are 608 patients in Ontario ICUs with COVID. Of those, 83 per cent (about 506 patients) were admitted because of COVID-19 and the other 17 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID.
  • There are 367 COVID patients on ventilators.
  • Among the patients in the ICU, 206 are unvaccinated, 20 are partially vaccinated, and 232 are fully vaccinated.
  • Among those hospitalized but not in the ICU are 752 unvaccinated patients, 216 partially vaccinated patients, and 1,818 fully vaccinated patients. 

Testing

  • Provincial labs processed 33,687 tests yesterday resulting in a 14.1 per cent positivity rate. There are 20,190 tests still being processed.

The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 6,856.6 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.

Ontario's average seven-day incidence rate from Jan. 16 to Jan. 22 was 298.1 cases per 100,000 people, which decreased 34.8 per cent over the seven-day period starting on Jan. 10.

For more on the province's breakdown of vaccination status, click here.