Ontario reports 13,578 new COVID cases, more people admitted to hospital and ICUs
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said there are 248 people in intensive care with COVID-19, which is an increase of 24 patients from the previous day.
Omicron variant complicates what a COVID-19 endemic will look like
Pandemics do eventually end, even if Omicron is complicating the question of when this one will. The world will have to learn to coexist with a virus that’s not going away.
COVID-19 outbreaks now reported at 7 federal prisons, more staff than inmates infected
While the new outbreaks have led to dozens of inmates having become infected with COVID-19, the number of cases among prison staff has been much higher.
Smaller long-term care units one lesson of COVID-19 pandemic
Over 15,000 people have died in care homes across the country, the highest proportion among all 38 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Omicron hospitalization risk roughly one third of Delta variant, U.K. data shows
Great Britain is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the highly-transmissible Omicron variant, with record daily infection levels being reported.
