COVID-19 pandemic in the fall due to increases in “interpersonal” contact amid the province’s current reopening strategy.During a board of health meeting on Wednesday, director of epidemiology and communicable disease control Michelle Baird said the latest forecast cites proliferation of the Delta variant among those in the city not fully vaccinated is the primary contributing factor.“This is, to some degree, associated with reopening and increases in number of contacts between people,” Baird told councillors.
Ontario reports 324 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths In the worst-case scenario, a sagging vaccination campaign coupled with the relieving of public measures in the next week could produce close to another 20,000 cases, 700.