Ontario reports 63 new COVID-19 deaths; hospitalizations down 25 per cent from January peak
Ontario reported 63 new COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, as hospitalizations continued a slow decline from their January peak.
Ministry of Health spokesperson Alexandra Hilkene said four of the deaths occurred on Monday, 14 more occurred on Sunday and 20 occurred on Saturday, with the remainder occurring between Jan. 28 and Jan. 4.
Over the past 30 days, 1,238 Ontario residents have died of COVID-19.
568 people are in ICU with #COVID19. 84% of patients admitted to the ICU were admitted for COVID-19 and 16% were admitted for other reasons but have tested positive for COVID-19.
There are 2,622 new cases of COVID-19.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) February 1, 2022
New modelling suggests hospitalizations will ‘rebound’ in all but most favourable of scenarios
New modelling from Ontario’s science table suggests that hospitalizations are likely to “rebound” and remain at a “prolonged peak” following the lifting of some public health restrictions this week.
The latest projections, released on Tuesday morning, use three different scenarios based on varying levels of immunity acquired through infection to chart the path ahead.
BA.2 33% more infectious than ‘original’ Omicron COVID strain, study finds
The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant, which has quickly taken over in Denmark, is more transmissible than the more common BA.1 and more able to infect vaccinated people, a Danish study has found.
The study, which analyzed coronavirus infections in more than 8,500 Danish households between December and January, found that people infected with the BA.2 subvariant were roughly 33 per cent more likely to infect others, compared to those infected with BA.1.
