coronavirus cases Thursday and 154 deaths as the second detection of the South African variant of the virus was reported in the country.There are now 688,891 cases in total and 17,537 deaths in the country.The new variant case was found in British Columbia’s Vancouver Coastal Health region after the first case was reported last week in Alberta.
Police can’t randomly stop people under coronavirus stay-at-home order, Ontario government says The new B.C. case has not been known to have travelled or been in contact with someone who travelled recently.An investigation is underway to see how the case was contracted.The variation appears to spread more easily and has not been found to be immune to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.B.C.