Ontario reports 82 new COVID-19 deaths over past week, up from 62
CBC NewsThe new numbers come as the province contends with a seventh wave of the virus, driven largely by the BA.5 Omicron subvariant. The seventh wave was officially declared to have begun June 19.
The number is more than double the number of new deaths reported at the start of July. The province reported 33 new deaths over the period from July 1 to 7. The province is also reporting 1,492 patients hospitalized with the virus, 138 of whom are in intensive care. Of those, 63 patients are on a ventilator.Those figures are up from 1,483 people in hospital with the virus and 126 requiring intensive care this time last week.
This past January, the province moved to limit PCR testing to high-risk populations and settings only. Experts have said reported case counts are a severe underestimate of the actual extent of COVID-19 in Ontario.
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