COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in Ontario in a trend experts attribute to cooling temperatures, lifting capacity limits and less stringent precautions among the public.“We’re definitely out of the honeymoon phase and back in the fourth wave,” Dr.
Peter Juni, scientific director for Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, said Monday.The seven-day average for infections has risen to 476 from 362 a week ago, with daily counts ranging from the mid-400s to the mid-600s since late last week.
On Monday, the province reported 480 new cases and two deaths linked to the virus. East York community sees lowest COVID-19 vaccination rate in Toronto: City data Juni said the trend marks the end of a plateau in infections that came after an.