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This came from Global news last summer;
Admissions to intensive care units, nevertheless, were lower by 22 per cent during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic from March 2020 to June 2020, as compared to 2019.
Three-quarters of patients visiting hospitals with COVID-19 infections, “actually went home,†Hunt said, “and of the remainder, only 20 per cent or so would actually get a hospitalization.â€
While fewer people were taken into intensive care units for cardiac conditions, strokes or pneumonia, there was a notable spike of 41 per cent “in the number of non-surgical emergency admissions for major respiratory conditions, mostly COVID-19 patients,†according to a report on the CIHI website.
Cases with major respiratory conditions requiring ventilation, including many with COVID-19,†rose by 129 per cent in April, but in totality, “17 per cent fewer people required ventilation†during the first wave compared with March to June 2019, the report said.
However, emergency department (ED) visits decreased considerably in Canada from February 2020 to June 2020.
While participating jurisdictions reported more than 85,400 ED visits for COVID-19 from January to November 2020, regular ED footfall dropped to their “lowest point in April,†when compared to 2019, the report on the CIHI website further cited.
Less urgent and non-urgent visits decreased the most, by about 50 per cent, followed by urgent and emergent visits, at just more than 40 per cent. Visits that involved resuscitation decreased the least, by around 30 per cent. All levels increased in June but remained about 20 per cent below normal compared with the previous year,†the report said.
So basicly comparing how busy the hospitals were compared to 2019 pre covid.
You might have to read it twice as I found it unbelievable first time thru.
The article wasn't meant to expose anything. This was just kind of tacked on the end of a thing about increased hospital costs due to covid.
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