COVID-19 pandemic appeared to bear fruit Thursday, as the country’s daily case count crept back up to early winter levels.The 5,193 new coronavirus infections reported Thursday marked the first time since late January that over 5,000 cases were added in 24 hours.The past week has seen two days where the daily count surpassed 4,000 cases for the first time since early February.
Those higher counts have driven the seven-day average to 3,876 — a steady climb from the 2,900-case average seen just three weeks ago.To date, Canada has seen a total of 951,568 infections, though 889,361 of those have since recovered.The national death toll now stands at 22,790, after 31 new deaths were reported Thursday.The climb in cases comes as Canada hit a new.