Covid ICU Numbers See Sharp Drop

Thursday, 2 June 2022 10:41

By Noelle Sinclair

Ontario Health reporting lowest level since last summer

ICU numbers in Ontario continue to drop.

The Ontario Ministry of Health reporting the number of patients in Intensive Care Units has dropped to 119.

The last time ICU admissions were this low was August of last summer.

Ontario Health says the province's positivity rate is currently 7.2 per cent, a number that has also been gradually decreasing over several weeks.

The Niagara Health System is still reporting 3 people in ICU being treated for COVID-19.

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