| SvennoJ said: 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 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. |
Is the healthcare system really struggling that much, or are the provincial governments somewhat overreacting? Because I often hear the same thing being said in Australia, who like Canada didn't have truly big Covid waves before Omicron, but it strikes me as odd given how developed both countries are.
I mean, New York City alone is almost half as populous as Toronto and is nearing ~ 4,000 hospitalizations, same as last winter, but last winter NYC was one of the least hit places in the US with little excess deaths. Just to give an idea how bad this thing truly used to be. But it was still being coped with (relatively decently?) by hospitals etc.
