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Ontario ‘well into’ sixth wave of the pandemic: COVID-19 Science Advisory Table

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Ontario is “well into” the sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the province’s Science Advisory Table says.The science table released new projections on Thursday, saying the sixth wave is being driven by the “new, more transmissible BA.2 variant, waning immunity, and lifting of public health measures.”The table said there is “significant uncertainty around the impact of case growth on our health system and deaths,” but added that wastewater surveillance suggests that community transmission of the virus “may have peaked.”The advisory table said the province’s wastewater signal has “increased substantially” but that growth has slowed down, adding that it “may have crested.”“It is uncertain yet, whether the current plateau will remain or be followed by an increase after the holidays, or a decrease,” the document reads.

Up to 120,000 daily COVID-19 cases in Ontario, science table director says The new modelling indicates, though, that hospital occupancy is likely to “continue to rise for some time,” with “uncertainty in the timing and height of the peak.”However, the advisory table said the peak will likely be lower than what was seen in the fifth wave of the pandemic.What’s more, the science table said COVID-19 infections among the province’s health care workers are “as high as in the last Omicron wave.”“High infection rates combined with potentially high hospitalization rates will reduce Ontario’s ability to provide care for nonCOVID-19 patients,” the table said.The science table said masking in indoor spaces will “substantially reduce the risk of getting and spreading COVID-19” as will “improvements to ventilation.” Ontario COVID numbers: 1,392 people in hospital, 177 in intensive care In a statement emailed to Global.

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