Ontario reports 41 more COVID-19 deaths; under 1,100 hospitalizations
Provincial health officials reported 41 more virus-related deaths on Thursday and under 1,100 patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
The Ministry of Health says the deaths reported today occurred over the past 30 days, including three deaths on Feb. 22 and six on Feb. 21.
302 people are in ICU with #COVID19. 74% of patients admitted to the ICU were admitted for COVID-19 and 26% were admitted for other reasons but have tested positive for COVID-19.
There are 2,404 new cases of COVID-19.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) February 24, 2022
Reinfections from Omicron subvariant BA.2 seem rare, study finds, making ‘new wave’ unlikely
Getting infected more than once by subvariants in the Omicron family does seem possible, but appears rare, scientists in Denmark found in a recent real-world study — offering reassurance that countries won’t experience another sudden surge of infections.
The early research, which was published online as a preprint on Tuesday and has not yet been peer-reviewed, involved an analysis of recent SARS-CoV-2 infections by a team from the Statens Serum Institut (SSI), a top Danish public health institute.
