There are about 289 patients in Ontario ICUs with COVID-related critical illness, according to the latest report by the province.
The latest COVID updates published by the province also report 35 new deaths, 2,427 new cases and approximately 1,003 COVID-positive patients in Ontario hospitals.
Hospitalizations have decreased since the beginning of the month. On Feb. 1, the province reported 3,091 COVID-positive patients and 568 of those patients in ICUs.
New case counts no longer reflect COVID-19 transmission in the province as testing is not open to everyone. Totals are therefore underestimated.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 1,096,357 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 1,065,561 recoveries and 12,386 deaths.
The Feb. 25 updates provided by the province's public health agency and the ministry of health also reported the following data:
Cases
- 35 new deaths, all occurred in the last month.
- 2,427 recoveries since yesterday's report
- Among the new cases confirmed today are 287 unvaccinated people, 75 partially vaccinated people, and 1,892 fully vaccinated people. 173 cases were reported with vaccination status unknown.
- The seven-day average incidence rate for cases is 11.5 cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people, nine cases per 100,000 partially vaccinated people, and 11.7 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people.
Hospitalizations
- 1,003 people are in hospital testing positive for COVID-19. Of those, 48.5 per cent were admitted because of COVID-19 and 51.5 per cent were admitted for other reasons but test positive for COVID-19.
- Included in the hospitalized cases are 239 unvaccinated people, 29 partially vaccinated people, and 557 fully vaccinated people.
- There are approximately 297 patients in Ontario ICUs with COVID-related illnesses, and 244 patients in the ICU currently testing positive for COVID-19.
- There are 186 COVID patients on ventilators because of COVID-related critical illness.
- Included in the ICU COVID patients are 69 unvaccinated, seven partially vaccinated, and 91 fully vaccinated people.
Vaccination
- About 85 per cent of the population over four years old in Ontario is fully vaccinated (about 11.9 million people)
- More than 6.9 million people in Ontario have had three doses of a COVID vaccine.
- 10 per cent of the eligible population (aged 5 and up) is unvaccinated
Testing
- Provincial labs processed 21,550 tests yesterday resulting in a 9.8 per cent positivity rate. There are 5,749 tests still being processed.
