Ontario reports 1,794 new COVID-19 cases, 20 more deaths
Ontario is reporting fewer than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases for a second day in a row and 20 more deaths on Saturday.
Provincial health officials logged 1,794 new infections today, down from 1,890 on Friday.
U.K. urges caution on COVID-19 variant first seen in India. Should Canadians worry?
Rising cases of the B.1.617.2 variant of the virus that causes COVID-19, first identified in India, have U.K. authorities urging caution, even as they reopen pubs and allow gatherings across the country.
There’s reason to worry about this variant in Canada, experts say, though they add that so far, it hasn’t been proven to get past our vaccines.
‘Black fungus’ disease linked to Covid spreads across India
States across India have begun declaring a “black fungus” epidemic as cases of the fatal rare infection shoot up in patients recovering from Covid-19.
The fungal disease, called mucormycosis, has a 50% mortality rate. It affects patients initially in the nose but the fungus can then spread into the brain, and can often only be treated by major surgery removing the eye or part of skull and jaw.
