TORONTO – Even today Ontario recorded a very high number of infections: 13,578. Always a lot, even if down from 16,714 on Sunday and 18,445 on Saturday. Now the seven-day moving average of daily cases is 14,074: a week ago it was almost half, 7,550.
TORONTO – Record numbers for Covid-19 in Canada: both Ontario and Quebec today recorded the highest number of cases in a single day since the start of the pandemic: 5,790 for Ontario and 9,397 for Quebec. →
TORONTO – New surge in Covid-19 cases in Ontario, after two days of “respite”: today 4,383 were recorded in the province, the highest daily count since the end of April. The last time Ontario had reported more than 4,383 new cases in a single day was in fact on April 23, when officials found 4,505. →
TORONTO – Another slight decline in infections, but many deaths: 11 in a single day, today, in Ontario, where 3,453 new infections were recorded, down from 3,784 on Monday and 4,177 on Sunday, but still clearly increase from 1,429 a week ago. In recent weeks, cases have steadily increased across the province where the Omicron variant of Covid-19 – which experts say has a doubling time of 2.9 days – now accounts for 88% of cases.
TORONTO – Ontario hit a record 550 new cases of Covid-19 among public school students and staff within twenty-four hours, and more than a fifth of all public schools have at least one active case for the first time during this school year. →
