COVID-19 on Wednesday, as provinces struggle to contain the new, more transmissible variants of the virus.In the last seven days, Canada has seen more than 40,000 new cases of the respiratory disease.
Ontario issuing stay-at-home order, declares 3rd state of emergency amid COVID-19 pandemic Provincial health officials also reported 32 new fatalities related to COVID-19 on Wednesday.In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Canada’s top doctor Theresa Tam said the spread of the disease and its severity is “accelerating.”She said compared to two weeks ago, the average daily case counts have increased 68 per cent, and the average number of people hospitalized has increased by 13 per cent.2/3 The average number of deaths daily, which had been.