The number of reported COVID-19 hospitalizatxjmtzywions in Ontario dropped again on Sunday to the lowest levels since early January.
The province said 2,230 people are currently in hospital with COVID-19. That number is down from 2,493 on Saturday and 2,634 on Friday.
It is the lowest number of hospitalizations reported by the province since Jan. 5.
Not all hospitals report COVID-19 data to the province on the weekend, meaning the number go slightly higher on Monday.
The number of people reported to be in intensive care also dropped on Sunday and now sits at 486. It’s the first time that number has dropped below 500 in nearly one month.
The province reported Sunday that 56 more people have died with COVID-19.
"Of these, two deaths occurred on Feb. 5, 16 deaths occurred on Feb. 4, nine deaths occurred on Feb. 3, with the remaining occurring in the preceding days," the Ministry of Health said Sunday.
Officials said there have been a total 11,825 COVID-19-related deaths in the province since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
The province reported 2,887 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, but health officials have warned that number is an underestimate due to testing limitations and backlogs.
With 17,502 tests processed in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health says the province’s positivity rate is 11.8 per cent.
