Federal health authorities provided an update on COVID-19 on Friday, in the midst of worries about the spread of monkeypox, and encouraged individuals to maintain personal measures as a downward trend in disease activity is observed.
“Though SARS-CoV-2 is still circulating across the country, COVID-19 disease activity indicators—including daily case counts, lab test positivity, and wastewater signals—are continuing to decline. Currently, hospitalizations remain elevated and variable, but there are signs that severe illness trends are declining as well,” said Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam during a routine virtual briefing.
Tam said that with provinces and territories lifting restrictions, not only have COVID-19 transmission rates rebounded, but also those of influenza, which she says has reached “seasonal threshold,” something abnormal for this time of year….