Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Wednesday – CBC

Ontario reports 1,095 new cases and 23 additional deaths

May 26, 2021

Alberta is expected to outline its reopening plan later Wednesday, a day after officials in British Columbia presented a four-step plan to lift COVID-19 restrictions as vaccination rates increase and case counts and hospitalizations decline.

The province reported nine additional deaths on Tuesday and 387 new cases of COVID-19 — the lowest one-day case count reported in Alberta since mid-March. Hospitalizations stood at 565, with 158 people in intensive care, the province reported.

“With cases declining and more vaccines being administered every day, we are rapidly approaching a point when we can safely begin to ease measures,” Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province’s chief medical officer of health, said Tuesday. “It’s close and getting closer every day.”

British Columbia’s restart plan, which was unveiled on Tuesday, moves through several phases with a goal of returning to “normal social contact” in early September.

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