Health officials say COVID-19-related hospitalizations in Ontario dropped to 419 on Sunday, the lowest level in five months.
The last time hospital admissions linking the new coronavirus were so low was on December 26 when they reached 373.
Meanwhile, ICU admissions increased slightly from 107 to 111.
Please note that not all hospitals report patient data over the weekend.
The health ministry did not provide information on the state of vaccination or accidental hospitalizations.
Since yesterday, three more deaths have also been reported due to COVID-19, but all of these deaths have occurred over the past month.
The death toll from COVID-19 in Ontario is now 13,288.
With 6,998 overnight tests, Ontario’s positivity rate is 7.1%, according to the Ministry of Health.
At least 710 new cases of the virus were confirmed by these tests. COVID-19 testing in Ontario is still limited to selected high-risk groups, and cases reported today should be considered a lower count.
The province has seen 1,307,600 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the laboratory since the start of the pandemic, including 1,285,226 recoveries.