Remote care saving grace for many COVID patients, hospitals; oxygen monitoring vital
by Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press
Posted Feb 4, 2021 12:49 pm EDT
Last Updated Feb 4, 2021 at 12:58 pm EDT
TORONTO One saving grace amid the devastation of COVID-19 has been that the vast majority of those infected are able to recover at home, allowing hospitals to cope with what would otherwise have been a system-crushing onslaught of ill, contagious patients.
Of the more than half-million cases of COVID-19 where hospitalization status is known, Canadian data show roughly 7.8 per cent of patients have needed hospital admission. Of those, fewer than one-in-five needed intensive care and an even smaller fraction required mechanical ventilation.
Photo courtesy St. Louis County, MN
The province is out with it’s phased approach to administering COVID-19 vaccines.
The rollout comes on the heels of news that nearly 4,500 new infections were logged in Ontario over two days (1,939 on Monday and 2,553 on Tuesday).
The province did not report new COVID-19 case numbers yesterday.
At least 78 deaths related to the coronavirus were recorded in the last 48-hours, which pushes the provincial death toll to 4,455.
Phase 1
Vaccines are available to health care workers and essential caregivers who work in hospitals, long-term care homes, retirement homes, and other congregate settings caring for seniors
HSN s Dominic Giroux urges northeast to stay vigilant in battle with COVID-19
The head of Sudbury s hospital says progress in keeping COVID-19 numbers low could be undone if people don t follow rules over the holidays.
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Important Ontario s acute care hospital sector be able to have capacity in the new year, Dominic Giroux say
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Posted: Dec 21, 2020 11:28 AM ET | Last Updated: December 21, 2020
Because HSN hasn t had a COVID-19 patient since June, hospital president Dominic Giroux says they ve been able to reduce the surgical waitlist that spiked up last spring.(Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
Thunder Bay regional hospital to distribute COVID-19 vaccines
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre officials announced it has been identified as a location for the Pfizer vaccine, though there is no indication of when it will be available.
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Posted: Dec 16, 2020 11:30 AM ET | Last Updated: December 16, 2020
The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre announced it has been identified as a distribution site for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.(Jeff Walters/CBC)
The Thunder Bay regional hospital will be a COVID-19 vaccine distribution site.
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre officials announced it has been identified as a location for the Pfizer vaccine, though there is no indication of when it will be available.