Ontario reports 11 more deaths in people with COVID-19 but hospitalizations, case counts and outbreaks continue to decline
Ontario is reporting its lowest number of new COVID-19 deaths in nearly a month, as hospitalizations, case counts and outbreaks continue to decline.
The Ministry of Health reported 11 new deaths in individuals who had contracted COVID-19 on Monday, which is a notable decrease from the 32 deaths reported at this time last week
2,155 people are hospitalized with #COVID19. Please note that not all hospitals report on weekends.
There are 486 people in ICU with COVID-19.
There are 2,088 new cases of COVID-19.
Today’s numbers will be available at 10:30 a.m. at https://t.co/ypmgZbVRvn.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) February 7, 2022
Experts weigh in on shifting public health messaging on ‘learn to live with COVID’
TORONTO – Ontarians have recently started hearing their top health and government officials speak of “learning to live with COVID-19,” but it doesn’t mean immediately returning to life as it was in 2019 and authorities should be refining their message, experts say.
Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, is now using the phrase, as are Toronto’s top doctor, Ontario’s health minister and Premier Doug Ford.
