Canada and if people do not take stringent precautions, they could balloon to exceed levels seen during the first wave of the pandemic, health officials warned on Monday."Canada is at a crossroads and individual action to reduce contact rates will decide our path," the Public Health Agency said in a statement.According to a worst-case scenario outlined by the agency, cases could rise more than 1,000 per day to 155,795 by Oct.
2, with the death toll hitting 9,300. On Monday, Canada had reported 145,415 total cases and 9,228 deaths.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will appear in a rare evening national broadcast at 6:30 p.m. (2230 GMT) on Wednesday to talk about "the urgency of fighting COVID-19 as we face down the prospect of a second wave of.