The province is reporting an increase in long-term-care homes in outbreak, for a total of 115 or 18.4 per cent of the 626 LTC homes in the province, and 10 new COVID deaths in LTC.

Ontario is reporting 182 people in ICU due to COVID-19 and 1,332 in hospital overall testing positive for COVID-19, according to its latest report released Wednesday morning.

Of the people hospitalized, 47 per cent were admitted for COVID-19 and 53 per cent were admitted for other reasons but have since tested positive. For the ICU numbers, 61 per cent were admitted for COVID-19 and 40 per cent were admitted for other reasons but have since tested positive.

The numbers represent 4.2 per cent decrease in the ICU COVID-19 count and a 2.5 per cent decrease in hospitalizations overall. 27 per cent of the province’s 2,343 adult ICU beds remain available for new patients.

Given new provincial regulations around testing that took effect Dec. 31, 2021, case counts – reported at 3,833 on Wednesday, up 67 per cent from the previous day – are also not considered an accurate assessment of how widespread COVID-19 is right now. 13 new deaths were reported in the latest numbers.

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