Ontario reports 660 new COVID-19 cases, 1 more death
Ontario is reporting more than 600 new cases of COVID-19 today, driving the rolling seven-day average of new infections to 625.
Provincial health officials recorded 660 new COVID-19 cases today, up from 486 on Tuesday and 485 last Wednesday.
‘Herd immunity’ no longer possible without vaccinating young children, Public Health Ontario says
TORONTO — Achieving herd immunity against COVID-19 will not be possible without an approved vaccine for children under 12, Public Health Ontario says in a new report about what the pandemic will look like this fall and winter.
Due to the increased transmissibility and partial vaccine escape ability of the Delta B.1.617.2 variant now dominant in Ontario and much of the world, the report says the percentage of the population requiring vaccination to hit a point where virus transmission enters long-term decline now exceeds the number of people actually medically eligible for vaccination at this time.
