Peterborough Public Health reported another 11 new cases COVID-19 on Tuesday and additional presumed variant of concern cases.The health unit at 4:07 p.m.
reports 50 active cases, down from 52 reported on Monday. The number of presumed variant of concern cases continues its upward trend, now at 193, up from 185 reported on Monday. ‘Short-term instability’ remains despite good news on Canada’s vaccine supply: Ontario government The first confirmed variant of concern was reported on Feb.
23. A presumed variant is defined as having tested positive for a mutation, but it requires further genomic sequencing to determine its specific strain, the health unit notes.Testing at the Public Health Ontario labs generally takes seven to 14 days.