Ontario reports 60 net new COVID-19 deaths; test positivity falls to multi-month low
Ontario reported 60 net new deaths on Friday as the number of admitted hospital patients with COVID-19 fell to its lowest point in more than three weeks and test positivity continued to decline.
Ministry of Health spokesperson Alexandra Hilkene told CP24 that eight of the deaths occurred on Thursday, 19 occurred on Wednesday and eight occurred on Tuesday, with the remaining deaths occurring over the previous 19 days.
517 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 4,047 new cases of COVID-19.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) February 4, 2022
Canada lost 200K jobs in January amid Omicron-driven shutdowns
Statistics Canada says the economy lost 200,000 jobs in January amid stricter public health rules put in place to slow the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
The decrease marks the largest drop since January 2021, when the economy shed 207,800 jobs.
