Ontario reports 24 new COVID-19 deaths over past two days
Ontario is reporting 24 new COVID-19 deaths detected over the past two days, as the rate of decline in hospitalized coronavirus patients began to slow.
The Ministry of Health said 15 additional deaths were detected on Monday and nine on Tuesday.
There have been 168 net new deaths reported in the past week and 1,376 in the past 30 days.
Today there are 1,282 new cases of #COVID19. Yesterday there were 1,335 new cases.
Today’s numbers will be available at 10:30 a.m. at https://t.co/ypmgZbVRvn.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) February 22, 2022
Hamsters’ testicles shrink with Covid-19 – study
Researchers have found that Covid-19 infection in hamsters causes several unwanted effects on their reproductive organs. The infection results in shrunken testicles, an acute decrease in sperm count, and a reduction in testosterone levels. The study, published on Friday in the peer-reviewed journal ‘Clinical Infectious Diseases’, was undertaken at the University of Hong Kong.
