61 IN HOSPITALS, 9 IN ICU TODAY, WITH 239 REGIONAL COVID CASES; PM TRUDEAU IN SELF-ISOLATION
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com
SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With the prime minister in self-isolation, local public health reports 239 COVID cases today.
That’s up from 204 yesterday.
But it’s the 61 people in hospitals that are of note Thursday. That’s 6 more than yesterday.
And 9 people are in ICU, up from 7 the day before.
There were also 4 deaths in Simcoe:
- Woman 80+, outbreak, Jan. 25, Simcoe
- Man 70s, community, Jan. 25, Simcoe
- Man 80+, outbreak, Jan. 25, Simcoe
- Woman 50s, outbreak, Jan. 26, Simcoe
Meanwhile, Justin Trudeau says he has no symptoms, but was exposed to a “high risk contact” and is again working from home.
This as the province announces more openings as of Monday, including movie theatres.
That’s good news for reader Rhonda Way, of Gravenhurst, who wrote us last month noting that the local Norwood Theatre was allowing movie-goers to remove their masks once in their seats.
That, said Dr. Charles Gardner at the time, wasn’t allowed.
Today Ontario’s CMO Dr. Kieran Moore said more restrictions will be lifted ahead of schedule as numbers go down — but deaths go up.
Restaurants and cinemas will return to half capacity and concessions will be open starting next week. But masks best still be worn when not eating popcorn or dining.
THURSDAY: CONFIRMED PHO COVID CASES: … 204 IN SIMCOE-MUSKOKA (322 YESTERDAY) … ONTARIO 5,852 AND 70 DEATHS (5,368- 89) 3,645 IN HOSPITAL (4,016), 599 IN ICU (608)… TORONTO 1,014 (891), YORK 318 (339), PEEL 842 (765) … NORTH BAY-PARRY SOUND 36 (44) …
HEALTH UNIT HIGHLIGHTS:
- 31,138 confirmed cases to date
- 732 cases this week
- 1,810 last week, 32% lower than the 2,650 cases reported for the week of January 9
- From December 22 there have been 10,656 confirmed COVID-19 cases among vaccinated individuals
- 42 deaths in January, 10 in December
- From July 18 to January 26 the rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations among the unvaccinated vaccine-eligible Simcoe Muskoka population is 9 times higher than it is for fully vaccinated population, the rate of COVID-19 ICU admissions is 16 times higher and the rate of deaths is 8 times higher.
- 373 Omicron cases; 1,826 await confirmation
- 1,229,534 vaccines have been administered
- 492,994 residents have received at least one vaccine, which represents 82% of the total population
- 86% of the population 5+ have had at least one vaccine; including 82% of youth 12 to 17
- 46% of children 5 to 11 have received at least one vaccine
IN OTHER COVID NEWS …
- College and university students who start back in-class Monday must do so or drop their course and risk not graduating this year.
- CERB recipients who received $500 a week pandemic pay began receiving Revenue Canada letters asking them to verify they had need. Those who got $1,000 a week will receive the same CRA request next week.
- New draft guidelines for LTC and retirement homes in Canada have been written by Health Standard Organization, a group that accredits and inspects elder care homes.
- Ontario gets first supply of Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill, which will be available for immunocomprised Canadians, unvaccinated people over 60, those 50+ who are at health risk, indigenous and Métis.
- Africa on track to vaccinate 70 of its 1.3 billion residents on continent by end of 2022. As of now 11 per cent have had two vaccines.
- U.S. economy rebounded last year with a 5.7 GDP increase. That’s the best since 1984 when it went up 7.2 per cent after another recession. The Q4 in 2021 was 6.9 per cent.
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January 27, 2022 @ 6:28 pm
Thanks for including the paragraph detailing the relative hospitalizations, ICU and death figures amongst vaxxed and not vaxxed cases, Mark. That makes it easier to grasp the value of vaccines.