COVID-19 pandemic citing rising numbers among variant-of-concern (VOC) cases and admissions to intensive care units.Hamilton’s medical officer Dr.
Elizabeth Richardson responded to the Ontario Hospital Association’s (OHA) decree on Monday that third wave is here, using data from the Ontario Science Table estimating that VOC cases represent 49 per cent of cases as of Monday.“It is the beginning of another wave, I would say, and it’s just how big that wave is going to be based on whether people are following those measures and whether or not people are able to get vaccinated, ” Richardson said.
Ontario reports 1,268 new coronavirus cases, 9 more deaths On Monday, the province’s chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams said Ontario.