The death rate among Ontario intensive care patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19 is triple the pre-pandemic fatality rate, according to a new report obtained by CBC News. That's 31 per cent of all the COVID-19 patients who've been admitted to intensive care in the province's hospitals. "That's just a shocking number," said Dr. Michael Warner, medical director of critical care at Toronto's Michael Garron Hospital. (Kas Roussy/CBC News)The average fatality rate among intensive care patients in Canada before the pandemic was 9 per cent, according to research by the Canadian Institute for Health Information. The latest figures from Critical Care Services Ontario showed 400 COVID-19 patients in Ontario hospitals on Wednesday.

Source: CBC News January 28, 2021 17:28 UTC