Ont. reports 92 net new deaths linked to COVID-19 today
Ontario has added more than 90 net new deaths to its overall COVID-19 death toll today as the number of patients in hospital with the virus dips to just over 4,000.
Provincial health officials confirmed another 92 virus-related deaths today, fatalities that occurred within the past month. This appears to be the highest number of deaths reported by the province on a single day since the start of the pandemic. On Jan. 15, 2021, 100 deaths were confirmed but that total included more than 40 historical deaths that hadn’t been included in previous tallies.
608 people are in ICU with #COVID19. 83% of patients admitted to the ICU were admitted for COVID-19 and 17% were admitted for other reasons but have tested positive for COVID-19.
There are 5,368 new cases of COVID-19.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) January 26, 2022
‘So many angry people’: Experts say online conversation around trucker convoy veering into dangerous territory
As a growing group of truckers and supporters make their way to Ottawa in a protest against vaccine mandates, experts say the rhetoric online concerning the convoy is getting increasingly worrisome.
The group of truckers and concerned citizens began a cross-country trip to Ottawa over the weekend, in protest of vaccine mandates in the country. The groups expect to arrive in Ottawa this Saturday.
Canada has detected BA.2 cases. What we know about this Omicron subvariant
With signs of the COVID-19 Omicron wave having peaked in parts of the world, including Canada, scientists are keeping a close eye on a subvariant that is rapidly spreading in some countries.
The BA.2 sub-lineage of Omicron, which was first detected in November last year, was designated as a variant under investigation by the U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on Friday.
