Ontario pandemic indicators point to plateau of summer COVID wave

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Ontario pandemic indicators point to plateau of summer COVID wave
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Wastewater, test positivity, reproduction number and hospitalizations suggest we’ve hit a peak in BA.5 Omicron wave.

that they had filed a new drug submission to Health Canada for a vaccine specific to Omicron’s BA.1 variant that can be administered as a booster shot to people 12 and older. The vaccine has not yet been approved as Health Canada is still investigating the vaccine’s safety and efficacy.with staffing shortages and other long-term issues that were exacerbated by the pandemic — causing some smaller emergency departments and at least one ICU to recently close.

“If you look at the overall wastewater signal it looks like a plateau has now occurred at least over the last couple of weeks,” said Razak, adding that there is even evidence of a decline in some regions, such as northern and central parts of the province, as well as the Greater Toronto Area. “All of that suggests that we’re at a plateau at the very apex of this wave and potentially even starting on our downward trajectory,” he added.

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