Ont. reports 512 new COVID-19 cases, 12 more deaths
Ontario is reporting more than 500 new COVID-19 infections today as daily case counts continue to rise week-over-week.
Provincial health officials logged 512 new cases today, up from 481 on Tuesday and 454 last Wednesday.
‘Breakthrough’ infections complicate COVID-19 response, disrupt workforce
COVID-19 breakthrough infections are increasing as vaccine effectiveness rates drop below 50% and the winter virus season fast approaches, threatening the vulnerable and promising more workforce disruption amid a nationwide labor shortage.
The surge is forcing President Biden and governors to fight the pandemic on two fronts ahead of the holidays, trying to persuade skeptics to get vaccinated while using booster shots to backfill immunity in those who came forward early in the rollout but now have waning antibodies.
