COVID-19 infections may be slowly starting to rise again in Canada, new data from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) suggests.
may be slowly starting to rise again in Canada, new data from the Public Health Agency of Canada suggests.
"I think the solid evidence is that COVID is coming back ," she said, noting that noticeable increased activity likely won't happen for "another few weeks at least."Public health experts are using wastewater surveillance across the country and COVID-19 test positivity rates to determine the level of COVID-19 activity.
Waning immunity as vaccines wear off, the presence of new subvariants and the fact that people will be moving indoors in the fall are all factors that will play a role in the rise of cases, she said.XBB subvariants of the Omicron variant accounted for 99 per cent of COVID-19 cases that were genetically sequenced the week of July 16, the Public Health Agency of Canada said.
EG.5 appears to have more immunity-evading properties than other variants and is therefore likely to be more contagious, Bowdish said.An increase in COVID-19 cases will take the heaviest toll on seniors and people who are immunocompromised, both McGeer and Bowdish said.
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