Ontario COVID-19

WATCH: In his first appearance since early March, Dr. Kieran Moore confirmed that the 6th wave of COVID-19 is upon us but pointed to low hospitalization rates ...

People will be in the emergency department for that much longer because we don’t have the capacity to admit. “People will have to wait. Discuss that with your health-care provider in advance,” said Moore.

Le gouvernement ontarien prévoyait mettre fin à l'obligation de porter le masque dans les lieux plus à risque, comme les hôpitaux et les foyers de soins de ...

Le médecin hygiéniste en chef a tenu à inviter les Ontariens à recevoir leur dose de rappel ou même leur première dose du vaccin contre la COVID-19, soulignant qu’il n’est «jamais trop tard». Le médecin hygiéniste en chef est d'avis que le port obligatoire du masque dans les lieux plus à risque au-delà du 27 avril «a du sens». Le médecin hygiéniste en chef de la province, le Dr Kieran Moore, a tenu lundi sa première conférence de presse en plus d’un mois.

The province is also saw three new deaths as a result of the virus. Officials are reporting another 2,401 new infection but that figure is significantly ...

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Face à une hausse marquée du nombre de cas et d'hospitalisations depuis qu'elle a abandonné l'obligation de porter le masque, la Santé publique de l'Ontario ...

Ces chiffres ne reflètent vraisemblablement qu’une partie du nombre total, en raison de l’accès limité aux tests de dépistage par PCR. D’ailleurs, la part des tests de dépistage par PCR s’avérant positifs à la COVID-19 demeure très élevée, à 15,9 %. La tendance est ainsi en hausse de 11 % sur une semaine. La campagne québécoise de vaccination se remet tranquillement en marche. La tendance est en hausse de 55 % sur une semaine. Dans l’ensemble du Québec, 1793 patients demeurent hospitalisés en lien avec le virus, une hausse de 27 % par rapport à la semaine dernière. Aux soins intensifs, la situation reste toutefois stable, avec 69 patients. Lundi, l’Ontario a également élargi l’admissibilité aux tests de dépistage de la COVID-19 par PCR et aux traitements antiviraux.

The death toll in the province has risen to 12570 as four more virus-related deaths were added. Tuesday's report indicated one death was removed after data ...

First dose coverage stands at 93.1 per cent. Third dose immunization is at 59.2 per cent — more than 7.2 million Ontarians have received a booster shot. The provincial case total now stands at 1,200,619.

CTV National News: No new mask mandates in Ont. Ontario's top doctor says COVID hospitalizations are manageable and there are no plans to reinstate an 03:06 ...

Halifax Regional Police responded to the stabbing on Barrington Street, near Scotia Square, before 9 p.m. 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago No one is allowed to leave their residential compounds, even to buy food, meaning residents rely on the government or private delivery drivers stretched thin by the massive demand. On CTV News Channel's Power Play, key Poilievre adviser Jenni Byrne and co-chair of Charest leadership campaign Tasha Kheiriddin get into a heated exchange over their respective candidates' positions. 1 hr ago The province said it also removed one death from the cumulative count following a data cleanup. The remaining 88 have an unknown vaccination status.

Ontario is reporting the highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in nearly two months and five net new virus-related deaths on Tuesday.

The ministry says 64 per cent of ICU patients were admitted for COVID-19 and 36 per cent were admitted for other reasons and subsequently tested positive for the virus. I don't know if that's going to be enough to change enough people's behavior. “Just because there's no legal obligation to wear a mask, you still should be wearing a mask, and we've heard it from the top. Among the latest hospitalizations, 190 are in intensive care, compared to 173 this time a week ago. To date, 90 per cent of Ontarians aged five years and older have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, 86 per cent have received two doses and 51 per cent have received three doses. Forty-five per cent of hospital patients were admitted to hospital for COVID-19-related reasons and 55 per cent were admitted for other reasons but also tested positive for the virus, according to the ministry.

Au total, l'Ontario recense 1366 hospitalisations mardi, soit 276 de plus que la veille. Il y a 190 patients aux soins intensifs (+6).

Il y a 2300 nouveaux cas de COVID-19 confirmés par des tests de dépistage PCR. Toutefois, ce chiffre représente une sous-évaluation des infections, compte tenu de l'accès restreint aux tests PCR. À titre de comparaison, il y avait 1091 hospitalisations, y compris 173 patients aux soins intensifs, il y a une semaine. Il y a 190 patients aux soins intensifs (+6).

Ontario is reporting 1366 people in hospital with COVID-19 Tuesday, a day after the province's top doctor said there are no current plans to reinstate mask ...

Eighty-two patients are on ventilators due to the virus. Moore said it is clear Ontario is in a sixth wave of the pandemic driven by the BA.2 variant with public health indicators that have been worsening recently, the percentage of tests that are positive, the number of hospitalizations and COVID-19 activity in wastewater surveillance. Ontario is reporting 1,366 people in hospital with COVID-19 Tuesday, a day after the province's top doctor said there are no plans to reinstate the mask mandates lifted last month.

Ontarians should continue to wear masks in all public indoor settings and the plan for the further removal of the mask mandate later this month is being ...

3 hr ago 3 hr ago 3 hr ago A woodpecker in Baie D'Urfe has become infamous for its attack on Canadian pride -- or its prodigious hunger, depending on how you look at it. 3 hr ago 3 hr ago The 2022 federal budget was presented in Ottawa on April 7, and the nearly 300-page document included a host of small-ticket spends. 3 hr ago However, he underscored that health and human resources remain available to provide adequate care for those individuals. Moore delivered his last scheduled public COVID-19 news conference on March 13 as cases and hospitalizations declined following the January surge. Last week, the head of the province’s science table said Ontario is likely seeing as many as 120,000 new cases of COVID-19 each day, based on wastewater analysis. He made the remarks while announcing expanded PCR testing and treatments for COVID-19 in the province.

The province's Ministry of Health said “effective immediately,” more “high-risk” groups will be eligible to be tested and assessed for antiviral treatments, ...

Treatment for antivirals must be started within five days of symptoms in most cases. Individuals who are part of higher risk groups and who have COVID-19 symptoms should immediately seek testing and care, by contacting their health care provider or visiting a clinical assessment centre. The province said individuals who are part of the higher risk groups who have symptoms of COVID-19 should “immediately seek testing and care, by contacting their health care provider or visiting a clinical assessment centre.”

TORONTO — As part of its plan to stay open and manage COVID-19 for the long-term, the Ontario government is expanding eligibility for COVID-19 antiviral ...

Ontario is expanding access to COVID-19 antiviral treatments for high-risk people as officials "strongly recommend" wearing masks in all indoor settings.

The BA.2 subvariant is now the dominant strain in the latest wave of the pandemic, the document says. Eighty-two patients are on ventilators due to the virus. The medication is in pill form, taken twice a day for five days. Last week, the province expanded eligibility for fourth doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to those 60 and older, as well as Indigenous residents and adult members of their household. The report also warns that the number of Ontario children experiencing severe illness from COVID-19 is likely to increase given the increased transmissibility of the BA.2 subvariant of the virus, the removal of public health measures and the limited vaccine eligibility and two-dose coverage in those under the age of 12. Asked Monday about reintroducing masks in schools given the data outlined in the report, Moore said "we have not seen any significant threat to the health of children." Paxlovid is for adults who have mild to moderate symptoms of COVID-19 in the early days of infection and who have a high risk of deteriorating into severe illness and requiring hospitalization. A positive result on a PCR or rapid test is required to be assessed for antiviral treatment, and it must be started within five days of the onset of symptoms. "That is something that we will await [the top doctors'] guidance on and if it's a requirement that they recommend that we return to mask wearing, we will." It proposes bringing back indoor masking and extending masking mandates in high-risk settings as possible elements of a "layered" strategy to mitigate a surge in cases. In the meantime, he said it's important for people to self-screen, test for symptoms, and get vaccinated. While Moore said the province will not be reintroducing a mask mandate in indoor settings at this time, he said Ontarians should be prepared for those measures to return if a new variant of concern emerges, if the health-care system is threatened due to rising cases, or potentially during the winter months.

The number of COVID-19 patients receiving treatment in intensive care at Ontario hospitals climbed above 180 today, the highest that number has been since ...

Hospitalization numbers are often lower on Mondays as not all hospitals report data to the province early in the week. Three more virus-related deaths were added to Ontario's cumulative COVID-19 death toll today, which now stands at 12,566. On Mondays, the province does not release data on the number of patients admitted to hospital for COVID and those admitted for other reasons.

In Toronto, Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, provides an update on how the province is managing the COVID-19 pandemic and expanding ...

“It did come as a surprise to me because of all the things I put in place to not get it. Many simply believed, not unreasonably, that if the provincial government thought it was time to remove vaccine and mask mandates, the threat from COVID-19 must have ended. 7:05 a.m. The daughter of an 87-year-old Oakville nursing home resident is forbidden from speaking to front-line workers. The overall volume of flight searches to South Africa for the same period is up by 30 per cent. The city is reporting more than 140 cases per day, a fraction of what it saw at the height of the omicron surge, and hospitalizations remain low. 9:55 a.m. When Ontario launched its rapid testing program in the fall of 2020, Premier Doug Ford touted the swabs as “game changers” in the pandemic battle. He compared the court order granted to the government in May 2021 to other public health measures imposed by the province. Peterborough Regional Health Centre had 26 admitted patients with the virus as of Friday as outbreaks on Unit A5 and Unit C2 continue. The changes come as a sixth wave of COVID-19 is causing an estimated 100,000 infections daily. Justice James Chipman ruled at the time that a challenge to the original court order was moot because the injunction had been lifted. While the order was aimed at two anti-mask protests, its reached extended to all public gatherings and it also banned their promotion on social media. Last week, the UK Health Security Agency said BA.4 had been traced in South Africa, Scotland, England, Botswana and Denmark between Jan. 10 to March 30.

Le Dr Moore a indiqué qu'il ne recommande pas le port du masque obligatoire pour le moment, bien que les Ontariens devraient être prêts à ce que cela revienne ...

«Il y a de nombreuses inquiétudes en ce moment, à la fois avec l’abandon des obligations de porter le masque dans le contexte actuel et aussi avec la possible levée d’autres mesures dans les prochaines semaines. Le sous-variant BA.2 est désormais la souche dominante de la dernière vague de la pandémie, indique le document. Le Dr Moore a déclaré qu’il avait reçu sa quatrième dose dimanche. Le Dr Moore a tenu sa première conférence de presse en plus de quatre semaines lundi. Le traitement doit être commencé dans les cinq jours suivant l’apparition des symptômes. Il a par ailleurs élargi l’admissibilité aux tests PCR et aux traitements antiviraux.

« Je suis heureux que nous soyons en mesure d'offrir des options de traitement antiviral plus accessibles à un plus grand nombre de personnes en Ontario, a ...