While our reported cases now sort of stay level, 11K again today (testing is now only open for essential workers) hospital admissions are now exploding :/
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-reports-2-081-hospitalizations-288-icu-admissions-and-more-than-11k-new-covd-19-cases-1.5728358
Ontario health officials say 2,081 people are hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 288 of those patients are in intensive care, marking a significant increase in the number of people in hospital due to the disease.
The province released the data on Wednesday, showing a significant increase over the day before, when officials reported 1,290 hospitalizations and 266 intensive care unit (ICU) admissions.
Tests are limited and there's still a big backlog as well (95K pending still)
With 59,137 tests processed in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health says the province's positivity rate is about 28.1 per cent.
288 people in ICU with COVID-19, 202 are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status and 86 are fully vaccinated.
According to data released by the Ontario Science Table on Jan. 3, which takes into account population sizes, people who are fully vaccinated with at least two doses are 83.2 per cent less likely to end up in hospital and 95.3 per cent less likely to end up in ICU compared to people who are unvaccinated.
The science table also noted there was a 12.4 per cent reduction for people who are fully vaccinated with at least two doses in regards to contracting COVID-19 compared to those who are unvaccinated.
Ontario is 76.9% fully vaccinated. 12.4 percent reduction of catching Omicron isn't a lot, but at least your survival chances are a lot higher and should have far less issues. First and Second shots are prioritized here, while boosters are available for 18+, 3 months after the second shot. I got my second dose October 18th, should be eligible from Januari 18th.