Ontario has likely entered a new wave of the pandemic driven by the more infectious BA.5 subvariant, the province’s science advisory table says.
The table made the declaration in a series of messages posted to Twitter on Wednesday afternoon, citing “exponential growth” in case counts in about 80 per cent of public health units as well as rising hospitalization numbers and test positivity rates.
The warning from the science table comes as a number of countries experience a rapid rise in transmission due to the BA.5 subvariant. The positivity rate on PCR tests was also up, with the seven-day average going from 7.64 on June 23 to 9.82 on June 30. “This is a global phenomenon. All countries in the western hemisphere are experiencing this,” he said of the uptick in cases. “As our borders are opening, as travel returns it is natural that this virus will circulate globally. But Ontario to date is doing very well at minimizing its impact on the health care system.”
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