Ontario reports 655 COVID-19 hospitalizations, 158 patients in ICU

Ontario isreporting 655people hospitalized with COVID-19, with 158 patients in intensive care on Monday.

The number of hospitalizations reported Monday is upfrom 551one week ago,although at least 10 per cent of hospitals do not report their figures on the weekend.

"We anticipate the number of hospitalized patients may increase when reporting compliance increases," the Health Ministry noted on its website.

According to the ministry, there are 158 patients in intensive care, which is up from 119 reported a day before but down from181at thistime last week.

The test positivity rate Monday of 17.9 per cent is the highest it's been since it hit 18.8 per cent on Jan. 25 during the height of the Omicron wave although the total number of tests, 6,243, is a 90-day low.

Another four deaths were logged Monday, pushing the official death toll to 12,405.

Another 1,741 new COVID-19 cases have also been logged, though the province's medical officer of health has warned theactual number of new cases is likely 10times higher, due to limited PCR testing available.

Here are some other key pandemic indicators and figures from theMinistry of Health's daily provincial update:

Active cases: 19,436.

Patients in ICUrequiring a ventilator to breathe:92.

Long-term care homes in outbreak: 57.

Vaccinations:3,928 vaccine doses were administered on Sunday in Ontario with a total of 32,040,321given out to date. Currently, 92.8per cent of Ontarians aged 12 and older have received at least one dose, while 90.9per cent have received two doses.

About89.9per cent ofOntarians aged fiveor older have received at least one dose, while 86.4per centhave received two doses.