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Italy reported 137,147 new coronavirus cases on Saturday.

The figure represents a drop compared to Friday, where 143,898 were recorded by its health ministry.
Its death toll stands as the second worst in Europe after the UK, with 145,914 deaths during the pandemic. Another 377 new deaths were registered on Saturday, one less than a day before.

After Neil Young, Joni Mitchell pulls music from Spotify over Joe Rogan

The Week
Mitchell’s move came after #SpotifyDeleted started trending on Twitter.

Singer Joni Mitchell performs during the "Stormy Weather" concert in Los Angeles November 14, 2002 | Reuters

Spotify’s biggest podcaster is costing it more and more musicians who oppose the spread of Covid-19 vaccine misinformation. After Neil Young announced that the platform would have to choose between his music or Joe Rogan’s podcast, which he accused of spreading misinformation, the singer’s catalogue was pulled from the streaming service.

Now, Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell has followed suit, removing her music from Spotify.
“I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify,” The Canadian singer-songwriter wrote on her website. “Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives. I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.”
Mitchell’s move came after #SpotifyDeleted started trending on Twitter, with legions of fans claiming to quit the streaming service over Young’s exit. Shares of Spotify also fell, amid a global dip in markets. Rogan did not respond to Young’s defiant stance, but Spotify did.
“We have detailed content policies in place and we’ve removed over 20,000 podcast episodes related to Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic. We regret Neil’s decision to remove his music from Spotify, but hope to welcome him back soon,” the platform said in a statement.
Spotify signed a $100 million deal in 2020 to have Joe Rogan’s popular podcast episodes hosted exclusively on its platform.
But over time, Rogan’s podcast began hosting episodes questioning conventional scientific advice on Covid-19 management: From advocating the use of ivermectin (which Rogan himself took after contracting Covid) to questioning the efficacy of vaccines and inviting guests who do the same.
Rogan’s approach has earned him brickbats from medical professionals, with WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tweeting a link to a story about Young’s ultimatum to Spotify, commentnig, “@NeilYoungNYA, thanks for standing up against misinformation and inaccuracies around #COVID19 vaccination. Public and private sector, in particular #socialmedia platforms, media, individuals - we all have a role to play to end this pandemic and infodemic.”
Some musicians have taken a humourous stance on the situation. Rather than threatening to remove his music from the platform, singer James Blunt warned that he would add to it. “If @spotify doesn’t immediately remove @joerogan, I will release new music onto the platform. #youwerebeautiful”.

Ontario is reporting 597 people in ICU with COVID-19

Ashleigh-Rae Thomas - Toronto Star
Ontario is reporting 597 people in ICU with COVID-19 and 3,439 in hospital overall testing positive for COVID-19, according to its latest report released Saturday morning.
Of the people hospitalized, 55 per cent were admitted for COVID-19 and 45 per cent were admitted for other reasons but have since tested positive. For the ICU numbers, 82 per cent were admitted for COVID-19 and 18 per cent were admitted for other reasons but have since tested positive.
The numbers represent a one per cent decrease in the ICU COVID-19 count and a two per cent decrease in hospitalizations overall. Twenty-one per cent of the province’s 2,343 adult ICU beds remain available for new patients.
Given new provincial regulations around testing that took effect Dec. 31, 2021, case counts — reported at 4,855 on Saturday, down 9 per cent from the previous day — are not considered an accurate assessment of how widespread COVID-19 is right now. Fifty-six new deaths were reported in the latest numbers.
Here’s the latest update on a few other data points.
Hospitalizations by vaccine status
A Star analysis of data shows unvaccinated people have been admitted to the ICU at a rate four times higher and in the hospital overall 1.9 times higher than people who have been fully vaccinated.
Because of Ontario’s strong uptake in vaccines, fully vaccinated people account for a large percentage of the overall population, and thus would likely account for a higher percentage of people in hospital when looking at raw numbers.
Given the prevalence of the Omicron variant in Ontario, breakthrough infections among fully vaccinated people are common but early data from multiple studies around the world suggest symptoms are more mild and serious complications are rarer than in previous stages of the pandemic.
The province warns that due to the way data is collected its hospitalization by vaccination status, numbers may not match broader hospital data as reported on any given day.
Due to incomplete weekend and holiday reporting, vaccination status data for hospital and ICU admissions is not updated on Sundays, Mondays and the day after holidays.
Vaccines
The province says 11,696,545 people have completed their vaccinations, which means they’ve had two doses.
That works out to approximately 83.5 per cent of the eligible population five years and older, and the equivalent of 79.6 per cent of the total population, including those not yet eligible for the vaccine.
The province says 6,316,931 people have received three doses of a Health Canada-approved vaccine.
According to the Star’s vaccine tracker, 12,454,154 people in Ontario have received at least one shot. That works out to about 88.8 per cent of the eligible population five years and older.
Covid in long-term care
Meanwhile, 15 more residents in long-term-care have died for a total of 4,050 since the pandemic began, in the latest report released by the province.
Ontario is reporting one fewer long-term-care home in outbreak, for a total of 350 or 55.9 per cent of LTC homes in the province.

This data is self-reported by the long-term-care homes to the Ministry of Long-Term Care. Daily case and death figures may not immediately match the numbers posted by the local public health units due to lags in reporting time.