Canada is ‘well and truly over the peak of the 3rd wave,’ Dr. Tam says – CBC

‘Things have taken a great turn for the better,’ says Canada’s chief public health officer

May 28, 2021

Canada’s chief public health officer said today that strict public health measures and a ramped-up vaccination campaign have pushed the national COVID-19 case count to its lowest level in weeks. In much of the country, the pandemic outlook is improving.

Dr. Theresa Tam said the distribution of some 25 million vaccine doses has resulted in a “strong and steady decline” in cases, with totals less than half what they were during the peak of the third wave in mid-April.

Roughly 62 per cent of all adults have now had at least one dose of a vaccine, she said, and as a result, “things have taken a great turn for the better.”

Over the past week, Tam said, fewer than 3,400 new infections were being reported daily — down from a rate of nearly 9,000 reported new infections each day just six weeks ago.

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