The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has fallen below 1,000 for the first time since late December, although health officials warn that not all hospitals report on the weekend.
According to provincial data, there are 842 people in hospital with COVID-19, including 281 patients in intensive care.
It is the first time since Dec. 30 that this number has dropped below 1,000.
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott noted on social media that “not all hospitals report on the weekend.”
An additional 10 deaths were also reported on Sunday, with nine occurring over the last month. The remaining death was added the cumulative count following a data cleanup, bringing the total number of people to die since the pandemic began in Ontario to 12,430.
Four of the deaths confirmed Sunday were in long-term care.
Health officials confirmed another 2,001 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, but that number continues to be an underestimation due to a lack of testing.
Backstory:
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.
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