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Ontario reported at least 3 new deaths due to COVID-19 across a 48 hour span, and said that the number of COVID patients requiring ventilators to breathe in hospitals hit a multi-year low.

Ontario reported two additional COVID-19 deaths on Sunday, as the number of patients hospitalized for or with COVID-19 continued to decline.

Ontario is reporting another 13 deaths related to COVID-19 as the positivity rate in the province continues to slowly decline.

A recent study revealed that COVID-19 rapid antigen tests may be less sensitive to newer variants, leaving some to wonder just how accurate these tests actually are. Experts share how to get the most accurate results when testing for the virus.

Ottawa's pandemic trends are dropping or stable ahead of the long weekend. Two more of its residents with COVID-19 have died.

Ontario reported 23 net new COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, including one long-term care staff member, as hospitalizations continued to fall and test positivity hit a multi-month low.

Ottawa's pandemic trends are still generally declining. Its COVID-19 death toll has now surpassed 800.

Ottawa's pandemic trends continue their steady drop Wednesday. The city's COVID-19 death toll is on the cusp of 800.

Signs of COVID-19 spread in Ottawa continue to drop, but its pandemic death toll rose Tuesday.

Background: The frequency of readmissions after COVID-19 hospitalizations is uncertain, as is whether current readmission prediction equations are useful for discharge risk stratification of COVID-19 survivors or for comparing among hospitals. We sought to determine the frequency and predictors of death or unplanned readmission after a COVID-19 hospital discharge. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all adults (≥ 18 yr) who were discharged alive from hospital after a nonpsych...