New covid numbers released this week in Ontario indicate the vaccinated are driving hospitalization rates over the holiday season. Specifically, fully and partially vaccinated individuals account for 70% of hospitalizations.
On a related note the Mayor of Brampton, Ontario put the Health Authorities on blast for how they are misrepresenting patients who are admitted to the hospital WITH covid, but not because of covid.
An Ontario mayor is calling on the province to overhaul how it reports pandemic hospitalizations, saying that the COVID-19 data reported daily is “misleading.”
Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown told CTV News Toronto on Wednesday he has heard from a number of physicians that COVID-19 hospitalization numbers may not necessarily paint an accurate picture of the current situation in the province.
In Ontario, anyone who is being treated in hospital who tests positive for COVID-19 is added to government’s count of “patients hospitalized with COVID-19,” regardless of whether that’s why they are receiving treatment.