Toronto, October 15: More than two-and-a-half years into the pandemic and hospitals across the country continue to grapple with the effects of COVID-19.
According to data from the Public Health Agency of Canada, between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15 2022, Canadian hospitals saw an average of about 4,700 hospitalizations a day due to COVID-19. During the same period last year, the average had only been 2,000 per day.
Among the hardest hit provinces, Quebec reported over 2,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations for the first-time since August as the province’s minister of health urged residents to get their boosters for added protection.
Ontario health officials have also reported similar trends as hospitalizations rose to 1,629 this week marking the highest number of COVID-19 related hospital occupancies since May 4 of this year. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are also seeing increased hospitalizations among older patients between the ages of 70 and 80-years-old.
