Ontario sees highest ever daily COVID-19 case count
Ontario is reporting 5,790 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the highest daily total since the start of the pandemic.
The infections reported on Thursday eclipse the more than 4,800 cases that were reported on Apr. 16, the province’s previous daily high.
While hospitalizations and ICU numbers have risen in recent weeks, the numbers remain significantly lower than the last time Ontario was seeing record case counts. There are more than 400 people currently hospitalized in the province compared to nearly 2,000 on Apr. 16.
COVID-19 cases across Canada could be ‘very high’ by January, top doctor warns
Canada’s top doctor says urgent action is needed to curb the spread of Omicron, which is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in several provinces.
Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Wednesday there were more than 11,300 new infections nationwide the previous day, up from the average of 5,000 cases per day last week.
She said modelling shows case counts could be “very high” by early January.
