Published Wednesday, January 13, 2021 10:32AM EST Last Updated Wednesday, January 13, 2021 2:02PM EST Nearly one out of every five COVID-19 tests conducted in Brampton is now coming back positive and Peel’s top public health official says that it has become clear that we are seeing a “holiday surge at the worst possible time.” Medical Officer of Health Dr. Lawrence Loh made the comment during a weekly briefing at Brampton city hall on Wednesday morning. He said that the city’s positivity rate has now risen to 17.4 per cent, up from 16.9 per cent last week. He said that it is also seeing 350.8 new cases per week per 100,000 residents compared to 278.9 at this point last week. That weekly incidence rate is higher than the ones being reported by all 34 of Ontario’s public health units.
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Ontario has declared a state of emergency due to a surge of COVID-19 cases and issued a stay-at-home order that takes effect Thursday at 12:01 a.m. ET, Premier Doug Ford announced on Tuesday.
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Ontario declares state of emergency, issues stay-at-home order starting Thursday
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1:12Ontario Premier Doug Ford has declared an immediate state of emergency and will impose a stay-at-home order as of Thursday at 12:01 a.m., in an effort to curb surging COVID-19 cases, which threaten to overwhelm the province s health system.1:12
The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units at Ontario hospitals could exceed 1,000 by early February in a “severe but realistic” scenario, according to the province’s official modelling table.
Ontario health officials are reporting a one-day drop in the number of new COVID-19 cases with fewer than 3,000 reported, but the positivity rate remains high.