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Canada’s falling COVID-19 cases could be thwarted by Delta variant: officials
COVID-19 case counts since last fall, health officials are warning that progress could be wiped out by the highly contagious Delta variant — especially if vaccinations start to drop off.The country reported another 1,016 new infections on Friday, capping a five-day stretch where daily cases hovered just above or below 1,000 for the first sustained period since mid-September of last year.Friday’s cases brought the seven-day average down to 1,079.8, also matching September levels and marking a nearly 90-per cent drop from the height of the third wave in April.Hospitalizations have also fallen 73 per cent from that peak, with just over 1,150 Canadians currently receiving care for COVID-19 symptoms.The seven-day average for new deaths,