Ontario reported 10 net deaths from COVID-19 on Thursday as the number of patients breathing with the help of a ventilator fell to its lowest point since the province first instituted a warrant. mask.
The Ministry of Health said seven of the deaths occurred in the last 30 days and another three occurred before that period.
One death involved a long-term care resident.
There have been 49 deaths in the last seven days, 342 in the last 30 days and 13,314 in total.
Hospitals reported that 549 patients admitted tested positive for COVID-19, 27 more than on Wednesday but 121 less since that point last week.
Of those, 118 were in intensive care, four more than on Wednesday but one less since that point last week.
Forty-four patients were breathing with the help of a ventilator, the lowest total population of ventilated COVID-19 patients seen in the province since October 19, 2020.
On Wednesday, the medical director of health, Dr. Kieran Moore, said the mandate for masks for public transportation and hospital properties would expire on June 11th.
Ontario first instituted a mask mandate in indoor public spaces on October 2, 2020.
Several hospitals said they would continue to require masks beyond that date.
Dr. Isaac Bogoch, a specialist in infectious diseases at UHN, said the public should understand that there may be a future reintroduction of mask rules if conditions worsen, especially this fall.
“There will be peaks and valleys of COVID-19, we expect to see an increase in cases in the fall and winter, and you may expect the recommendations to change at a time when other environments may require people to wear masks. “Come back,” he told CP24.
Ontario’s positive trend continues, according to the Science Advisory Table, citing wastewater surveillance data showing a decline in viral signaling in all regions of the province.
Of the 907 cases confirmed on Thursday by PCR tests, 87 involved unvaccinated or partially vaccinated people, 141 people with two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, 541 people with three or more doses and the vaccination status of another 138 were not. knew.
Provincial laboratories processed 9,777 test samples in the previous 24-hour period, generating a positivity rate of 6.6 percent.
Average weekly positivity fell from 8.3% last week to 7.1% this week.
The Ministry of Health says 13,556 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered on Wednesday.
Of these, 807 were first dose, 985 were second dose, 1,608 were third dose, and 10,156 were fourth dose.
The numbers used in this story are in the COVID-19 Daily Epidemiological Summary of the Ontario Ministry of Health. The number of cases for any city or region may differ slightly from what the province reports, because local units report figures at different times.