The COVID-19 pandemic

[MidTowner]

Suspected, confirmed COVID-19 patients filling roughly 1 in 4 Ontario ICU beds

Apparently here in Waterloo the figure is 40%, the highest in the province.

Of the 434 cases in ICU province wide, only 92 are confirmed. The number has increased from 138 to 434 from March 21 to March 28.

Something is not right. G&M's data is very different:

Quebec had 235 COVID-19 patients in hospital Monday, an increase of 43. Among them, 78 were in the intensive care unit, an increase of six. By comparison, Ontario, with 72-per-cent greater population, had 72 patients in intensive care.

Does Ontario have 72 cases in ICU, or 434? That's a massive difference. And if Waterloo-Wellington has 21 hospitalized cases, Quebec's ratio would indicate maybe seven of them in ICU, not 31.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/a...yrocketed/

There were 72 confirmed cases on March 27, along with 324 suspected cases. Part of the CBC article highlights the fact that briefings from Ontario's Associate Chief Medical Officer used data that were a few days out of date. That G&M article was published on Monday the 30th, so I surmise that it used info from the Sunday briefing, which showed 72 (again, confirmed) cases in ICU.