193 people are in ICU with #COVID19.
79% of patients admitted to the ICU were admitted for COVID-19 and 21% were admitted for other reasons but have tested positive for COVID-19.
There are 2,502 new cases of COVID-19.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) March 18, 2022
All signs suggest COVID-19 transmission starting to rebound in Ontario: model
Ontario should prepare for a moderate rebound in hospital admissions due to COVID-19 between now and May, as all remaining surveillance suggests the Omicron wave has hit bottom and is starting to trend back upwards, new modelling indicates.
With the mask mandate ending in most spaces in four days, and the arrival of the BA.2 Omicron subvariant, hospital ICU occupancy could increase by a third to 300 patients by May, the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table says.
