There are 435 patients in Ontario intensive care units with COVID-related critical illness, according to the latest update from the province, published Feb. 11.
Of the ICU patients, 279 are on ventilators because of COVID-19. The number of ICU patients and ventilated patients has decreased this week, down from 517 ICU patients and 312 ventilated patients reported Feb. 4.
Today's update also includes 50 deaths, which have all occurred in the last month. The province has reported more than 300 COVID-related deaths in February 2022.
Limited testing has captured 2,907 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 1,027,117 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 1,067,511 recoveries and 12,040 deaths.
The Feb. 11 updates provided by the province's public health agency and the ministry of health also reported the following data:
Cases
- 50 new deaths that occurred in the last month
- 3,697 recoveries since yesterday's report
- Among the new cases confirmed today are 422 unvaccinated people, 135 partially vaccinated people, and 1,967 fully vaccinated people. 383 cases were reported with vaccination status unknown.
- The seven-day average incidence rate for cases is 18.6 cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people, 15 cases per 100,000 partially vaccinated people, and 16.5 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people.
Hospitalizations
- 1,829 people are in hospital testing positive for COVID-19. Of those hospitalized and positive for COVID, about 54 per cent were admitted because of COVID and 46 per cent were admitted for other reasons but also test positive for COVID-19.
- Included in the hospitalized patients are 379 unvaccinated, 87 partially vaccinated, and 979 fully vaccinated people.
- There are 435 patients in Ontario ICUs with COVID-related illnesses, and 393 of them remain COVID-positive.
- There are 279 COVID patients on ventilators because of COVID-related critical illness
- Among the patients in the ICU are 118 unvaccinated, 15 partially vaccinated, and 158 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 6.7 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 20,936 tests yesterday resulting in an 11.7 per cent positivity rate. There are 7,594 tests still being processed.
