The latest COVID updates published by the province report three new deaths, 1,315 new cases and approximately 849 COVID-positive patients in Ontario hospitals.
Hospitalizations have decreased since the beginning of the month. On Feb. 1, the province reported 3,091 COVID-positive patients and 568 of those patients in ICUs.
New case counts no longer reflect COVID-19 transmission in the province as testing is not open to everyone. Totals are therefore underestimated.
Public Health Ontario has confirmed 1,096,357 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and reported 1,065,561 recoveries and 12,386 deaths.
The Feb. 28 updates provided by the province's public health agency and the ministry of health also reported the following data:
Cases
- Three new deaths, all occurred in the last month.
- 1,605 recoveries since yesterday's report
- Among the new cases confirmed today are 146 unvaccinated people, 31 partially vaccinated people, and 1,072 fully vaccinated people. 166 cases were reported with vaccination status unknown.
- The seven-day average incidence rate for cases is 10.5 cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people, 8.9 cases per 100,000 partially vaccinated people, and 12 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people.
Hospitalizations
- 849 people are in hospital testing positive for COVID-19.
- There are approximately 279 patients in Ontario ICUs with COVID-related illnesses, and 244 patients in the ICU currently testing positive for COVID-19.
- There are 171 COVID patients on ventilators because of COVID-related critical illness.
- Hospitalization data is incomplete on Sundays and Mondays because not all Ontario hospitals report their bed census data on weekends. Vaccination status of hospitalized cases is not reported on weekends.
Vaccination
- About 85 per cent of the population over four years old in Ontario is fully vaccinated (about 12 million people)
- More than 6.98 million people in Ontario have had three doses of a COVID vaccine.
- 10 per cent of the eligible population (aged 5 and up) is unvaccinated
Simcoe-Muskoka
On Friday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported five deaths, three new hospitalizations, and 121 new COVID cases.
There are at least 30 people from the region hospitalized because of COVID-19.
Since the start of the pandemic, the local health unit has confirmed 35,023 cases of COVID-19 with 33,280 of those cases recovered and 402 cases ending in death.
