Ontario reports 699 new COVID-19 cases and 9 more deaths; lowest case count since Oct.
Ontario is reporting a significant day-over-day drop in new COVID-19 infections with fewer than 700 cases and nine more deaths on Tuesday, marking the lowest daily case count since October.
Provincial health officials logged 699 new cases on Tuesday, the lowest number of new infections reported since October 18 when 658 infections were reported.
Is it all Greek to you? Coronavirus variants get new names
Coronavirus variants with clunky, alphanumeric names have now been assigned the letters of the Greek alphabet to simplify discussion and pronunciation while avoiding stigma.
The World Health Organization revealed the new names on Monday amid criticism that those given by scientists to strains such as the South African variant – which goes by multiple names including B.1.351, 501Y.V2 and 20H/501Y.V2 – were too complicated.
Canada to recommend mixing and matching AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines
Canada is changing its guidelines on mixing and matching second doses of COVID-19 vaccines and will advise Canadians to combine either the AstraZeneca-Oxford, Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna shots interchangeably in certain situations.
