Today the province is reporting about 498 people in Ontario intensive care units because of COVID-19.
Another 67 people have died after contracting COVID-19, according to the latest update.
There are 3,535 COVID-positive people currently hospitalized and about 1,980 of them were hospitalized because of COVID. The rest were hospitalized for other reasons but test positive for COVID-19.
On Jan. 28, Public Health Ontario is reporting 5,337 new COVID cases, however, new case counts no longer reflect COVID-19 transmission in the province as testing is reserved nearly exclusively for hospitalized patients, and residents and staff at high-risk congregate settings.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 1,021,436 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 958,701 recoveries and 11,298 deaths.
The Jan. 28 updates provided by the province's public health agency and the ministry of health also reported the following data:
Cases
- 7,906 recoveries and 67 deaths since yesterday's report. The deaths reported have all occurred within the last month.
- There are 51,437 active, lab-confirmed cases in Ontario
- Among the new cases confirmed today are 833 unvaccinated people, 181 partially vaccinated people, and 3,806 fully vaccinated people. 517 cases were reported with vaccination status unknown.
- The seven-day average incidence rate for cases is 34 cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people, 24 cases per 100,000 partially vaccinated people, and 33 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people.
- Lab-confirmed testing is mostly limited to Indigenous people and those who live or work in high-risk congregate care settings or work in them.
Hospitalizations
- 3,535 people are in hospital testing positive for COVID-19. Of those, 56 per cent (about 1,980 people) were hospitalized because of COVID-19 and the other 44 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID.
- There are 607 patients in Ontario ICUs with COVID. Of those, 82 per cent (about 498 patients) were admitted because of COVID-19 and the other 18 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID.
- There are 387 COVID patients on ventilators.
- Among the patients in the ICU, 210 are unvaccinated, 22 are partially vaccinated, and 231 are fully vaccinated.
- Among those hospitalized but not in the ICU are 682 unvaccinated patients, 161 partially vaccinated patients, and 1,795 fully vaccinated patients.
Testing
- Provincial labs processed 32,672 tests yesterday resulting in a 14.4 per cent positivity rate. There are 10,671 tests still being processed.
The cumulative average incidence rate in the province is 6,932.5 cases per 100,000 people in Ontario.
Ontario's average seven-day incidence rate from Jan. 18 to Jan. 24 was 262.1 cases per 100,000 people, which decreased 37 per cent over the seven-day period starting on Jan. 12.
For more on the province's breakdown of vaccination status, click here.
Simcoe-Muskoka
On Jan. 27, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported four deaths, nine new hospitalizations, and 239 new cases captured in limited testing.
There are approximately 61 Simcoe-Muskoka residents hospitalized for COVID-19.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 31,138 cases of COVID-19 with 26,310 of those cases recovered and 333 cases ending in death.
