Ont. adds 58 more deaths to COVID-19 death toll; 3,019 now in hospital with virus
Ontario has added another 58 deaths to its COVID-19 death toll as hospitalizations once again drop week-over-week.
According to the latest data released by the province, there are 3,019 people hospitalized with COVID-19, down from 3,797 last week. Of those in hospital, 587 are receiving treatment in intensive care units, down from 604 last Sunday.
3,019 people are hospitalized with #COVID19. Please note that not all hospitals report on weekends.
There are 587 people in ICU with COVID-19.
There are 3,960 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 30, 2022
GOLDSTEIN: Treating COVID like the flu is inevitable, so do it sensibly
While it has long been considered heresy for members of the public to say that COVID-19 cannot be contained by lockdowns and that it’s time we learned to live with it like the flu, this is now the view of many medical officers of health across Canada.
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Some urge vaccine certificates to require three doses as Ontario set for reopening
TORONTO — Restaurants, gyms, cinemas and many other businesses in Ontario are set to open their doors once again on Monday to fully vaccinated patrons, but with COVID-19 levels likely just past a peak, some question if “fully vaccinated” should be redefined.
Businesses and facilities that were closed early this month in response to surging cases driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant are being allowed to reopen with capacity limits and will need to operate under the vaccine certificate system. That means only allowing customers who show proof they’ve received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, which is currently considered fully vaccinated
