COVID-19 cases have dropped 70 per cent since peak of the third wave, Tam says – CBC

Canada is now reporting 2,700 new cases each day

Jun 01, 2021

The number of new COVID-19 cases being reported daily has dropped 70 per cent since the mid-April peak of the third wave, Canada’s chief public health officer said today.

Speaking at a COVID-19 briefing with reporters, Dr. Theresa Tam said Canada is now reporting an average of 2,700 new cases each day — down from last month’s daily rate of nearly 9,000 new infections.

In the country’s largest province, Ontario, 699 cases were reported on Tuesday, the lowest case count since October 2020. Quebec reported just 208 new infections today.

But some provinces — notably Manitoba — are still in the grip of the third wave, with hospital capacity stretched to the limit.

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