Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Keiren Moore says there are 4,600 cases of Omicron infection known in Ontario as of Tuesday but just 15 such patients have been admitted to the hospital. Further, he said, zero Omicron patients have so far been admitted to an ICU. Moore said Omicron cases seem to be doubling every two or three days and he still expects what he called an “exponential” growth of such cases. He said that he himself has arrived at no conclusion about the ultimate severity of Omicron but there are reasons to be optimistic. He said there are no children in Ontario in pediatric ICUs and when asked he said that the government (Cabinet) will have to decide as to whether classrooms will reopen after New Year’s.
