BREAKING: New COVID-19 cases in Ontario have likely plateaued around 100,000 a day, says science table.
The science table’s scientific director, Dr. Peter Jüni, is warning that it is uncertain whether new infections will stay at this level, increase or start to drop.
He said that the conclusion that new infections have slowed down can be made with 90 per cent certainty. and said the upward trends in the wastewater surveillance signal and hospitalizations from the virus are likely to continue for the next several weeks.1,332 COVID hospitalizations, representing a 71 per cent increase over the last two weeks. That includes 1,150 patients in regular wards and 182 in ICU due to the virus.
But hospitalizations will continue to rise “for some time,” he said, because they are a lagging indicator of cases in the community. In contrast, wastewater signals can indicate infection before people start to show serious COVID symptoms since those signals are taken from fecal matter that is flushed down toilets.
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