The Ontario government has issued a stay-at-home order for the province beginning on Jan. 14 and has declared a second state of emergency for the province.
The Ontario government has issued a stay-at-home order for the province beginning on Jan. 14 and has declared a second state of emergency for the province.
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Published Tuesday, December 15, 2020 12:04PM EST Last Updated Tuesday, December 15, 2020 12:16PM EST There are more patients in Ontario intensive care units than at any other point in the COVID-19 pandemic and the medical director of critical care at one Toronto hospital is now warning of a “very difficult” January. According to a daily critical care report obtained by CP24, there were a total of 1,765 patients receiving treatment in the ICU as of Monday, including 267 with confirmed cases of COVID-19. The report pegs the total number of ICU beds in the province at 2,136, suggesting that there is some capacity for additional patients.
TORONTO There are more patients in Ontario intensive care units than at any other point in the COVID-19 pandemic and the medical director of critical care at one Toronto hospital is now warning of a “very difficult” January. According to a daily critical care report obtained by CP24, there were a total of 1,765 patients receiving treatment in the ICU as of Monday, including 267 with confirmed cases of COVID-19. The report pegs the total number of ICU beds in the province at 2,136, suggesting that there is some capacity for additional patients. But Dr. Michael Warner, who is the medical director of critical care at Michael Garron Hospital, says that many of those beds exist “on paper” only because overburdened hospitals simply don’t have enough nurses and other personnel to staff them.