Ontario likely in new COVID-19 wave driven by BA.5 subvariant, science table says
Ontario’s expert pandemic advisory group says the province appears to have entered another wave of infections driven by the BA.5 Omicron subvariant.
The Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table says wastewater signals, test positivity and hospitalizations from the virus are rising and the virus is showing exponential growth in regions across the province.
Children’s emergency rooms in Canada facing high volumes amid surge in viruses
Burnt out from over two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, health-care workers across Canada are grappling with emergency rooms flooded with patients amid a summer surge of illnesses.
Some children’s hospitals in the country are running at occupancy rates of over 100 per cent amid a rise in viral illnesses that are typically seen in the fall and winter.
