COVID-19 cases may have been “a bit sensational,” but doesn’t change the underlying message.Acting medical officer of health Dr.
Matt Strauss told 900 CHML’s Good Morning Hamilton that it could be characterized as the “second part” of the fourth wave, which didn’t actually hit that Southern Ontario health unit in the late summer.“If you look at the local data in Haldimand-Norfolk, we sort of didn’t have a fourth wave,” said Strauss.“So when cases were peaking in Hamilton a couple of months ago, our cases remained quite low, and that’s sort of what we’re seeing across the province in the places that are currently peaking.