The latest daily figures came on Thursday. The change means that, specifically for data, CBC News will also publish weekly stories. The Ministry of Health states that its databases will be updated until 14:00 on Thursday. Providing a clear, complete picture of the situation of COVID-19 in Ontario has become increasingly difficult in recent months as the province has limited laboratory testing and stopped providing public data about the school. As of Thursday, there were 491 people with COVID-19 in hospitals. This is down from 536 in the same period last week. Of these patients, 109 were admitted to the intensive care unit. About 55 percent of people were admitted to the ICU because of symptoms of the disease, while 45 percent were already in intensive care when they tested positive for the virus. Over the past seven days, another 33 Ontarians with COVID-19 have died. The official death toll in the province is 13,357. According to the Ontario COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Board, the signal of the virus in the waste has been steadily increasing since the end of May. The last confirmed data point came on June 10, and while an extension indicates that the signal will continue to grow, these forecasts, however, are based on incomplete data. A wave in the sewage signal has predicted every wave of the virus. For now, however, the growth rate seems to be slower than the previous waves caused by the Omicron variant.
