As of March 30, there were 125 critical care patients in Ontario with confirmed positive COVID-19 cases, of which 82 were on ventilators. Roughly 77 per cent of pre-pandemic critical care beds are in use, meaning there are at least 450 sitting unused. “The strategy that we’ve taken is we need to be prepared to provide maximal capacity of critical care beds regardless of what comes our way. A spike in local cases can risk overwhelming hospitals, particularly ones with few — or even no — critical care units. “We’re going to do everything possible to make sure we have critical care beds available,” he said.

Source: thestar April 02, 2020 00:11 UTC