Britain reported nearly 168,000 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, another large number but down from 190,000 late last week. The chief executive officer of Ontario Health, which oversees the province's health system, said the directive would affect between 8,000 and 10,000 procedures a week. The number of people with COVID-19 in ICUs across the province rose to 248 on Monday from 224 on Sunday. In total, there are 1,232 people hospitalized with COVID-19, although Health Minister Christine Elliott noted that not all hospitals report on weekends. Moore said at Monday's Ontario COVID-19 news conference that there could be between a 20 to 30 per cent absenteeism rate in some employment sectors in the province in the coming weeks.

Source: CBC News January 04, 2022 18:24 UTC