COVID-19 case numbers in late August continued to surpass expectations laid out in the worst-case modelling scenario by public health earlier in the month.The city’s current seven day case rate — averaging 77 per day — is beyond the predicted forecast by about two weeks according to a Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) microbiologist.“So we were about two weeks earlier than the projections in terms of the increased number of cases.
What we don’t know, however, is what those curves are going to look like,” Dr. Fiona Smaill told staff during an HHS town hall on Thursday.
Ontario reports 807 new COVID-19 cases, more than 10M people now fully vaccinated “It’s very clear that vaccination rates as high as possible and maintaining public health.