This having been the off-week in which those of our agencies which report biweekly don’t provide more current data, there has been little apparent change.
As you can see from our composite chart, Canada-wide municipal wastewater COVID viral counts are continuing their moderate seasonal rise, having climbed to roughly the same levels as last year at this time. That’s not the case with Ontario PCR COVID testing, where the positivity rate remains at roughly 60% of last year’s comparable figure. Ontario COVID hospitalizations and ICU bed occupancy likewise remain a little over half of last year’s.
Public Health Canada reports should again report on currently-circulating COVID variants next week.