COVID-19 Cases on the Rise

Monday, 15 March 2021 05:25

By Tami Jeanneret

Canada's top doctor growing concerned

After several weeks of levelling off, COVID-19 cases are on the rise again, prompting concern from Canada's chief medical officer of health.

Doctor Theresa Tam says the increase is linked to more contagious virus variants, with a higher infection rate reported among Canadians aged 20 to 39.

Meantime, provincially the numbers were up again yesterday

Ontario reported more than 1,700 new COVID-19 cases, but officials say it may be partly due to a data catch-up in the provincial system.

But it was a marked increase from Saturday's 1,468 infections

And closer to home Niagara Public Health says there were 33 new infections yesterday and 27 on Saturday.

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