The panel is set to release new screenings at 1:30 p.m., almost a month after the latest modeling was released.
On Wednesday, Dr. Peter Jüni, the panel’s scientific director, said the latest sewage data showed the province could have recorded 100,000 cases of COVID-19 a day.
“We know we’re slowing down. It ‘s a plateau now, and we’re living on a high plateau? Are we going up again, especially after Easter? It’ s up to us. Or do we start going down? “but in every way it looks much better than it did six, seven days ago,” he told CP24.
He said the delay could be linked to a number of factors, including accumulated immunity through vaccination and infection. He estimates that about six million Ontarians have been infected with Omicron since December last year.
Last week, Jüni said the province was likely to see between 100,000 and 120,000 new COVID-19 infections each day.
Although the incidents seem to be slowing down, Jüni warned that residents should remain vigilant especially at the Easter weekend rallies.
“So I’m happy for this plateau, but I would be even more excited if we were all a little more careful for a few more weeks,” he said.
On Wednesday, the province reported 1,332 COVID-19 hospitalizations, of which 182 were in the intensive care unit. The provincial laboratories processed 23,618 tests, creating a positivity rate of at least 17.5%, according to the Ministry of Health.
Thirteen net new virus deaths were also reported yesterday.
In the latest modeling of the table, he stated that the occupancy of hospitals in the ICU could increase to 300 patients by May, due to the abolition of mask orders and the BA.2 Omicron contagious subtype.
-With files by CP24 Bryann Aguilar
