At least 579 patients with COVID-19 in Ont. ICUs; 40 net new deaths confirmed today
There are now at least 560 patients in Ontario intensive care units with COVID-19, according to the latest data released by the province, which confirmed another 40 net virus-related deaths today.
Officials say there at now approximately 3,595 patients with COVID-19 in Ontario hospitals, including 579 in the ICU. This is up from 2,419 and 412 last Sunday. Officials have cautioned that hospitalization numbers are typically lower than the true total over the weekends due to a lack of reporting by some hospitals.
3,595 people are hospitalized with #COVID19. Please note that not all hospitals report on weekends.
There are 579 people in ICU with COVID-19.
There are 10,450 new cases of COVID-19.
Today’s numbers will be available at 10:30 a.m. at https://t.co/ypmgZbVRvn.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) January 16, 2022
Feds unlikely to challenge Quebec’s proposed tax on unvaccinated, Charest says
The federal government is unlikely to challenge Quebec’s controversial proposal to apply a tax on the unvaccinated in the province, says former premier Jean Charest.
Quebec has assured Ottawa that they will follow the principles of the Canada Health Act in implementing the levy – if they didn’t, the federal government could withhold health transfers.
Charest said that won’t happen.
