COVID-19 instances are persevering with to soar throughout the nation, with Ontario and Quebec every posting greater than 3,000 new instances as we speak fuelled by the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus.
At some point after setting a pandemic document for each day instances, Quebec reported 3,631 new infections, two deaths and a giant bounce in hospitalizations in its newest numbers.
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In the meantime, Ontario reported 3,301 new infections — the best tally since early Might — and 4 extra deaths.
The surge is being seen in different provinces as nicely, as Nova Scotia reported 426 new instances.
As infections soar throughout the nation forward of the Christmas vacation, a slew of restrictions are being reintroduced subsequent week by provincial governments whereas Ottawa will tighten border guidelines as of Tuesday, requiring a pre-arrival damaging molecular take a look at outcome for COVID-19, even for brief journeys of lower than 72 hours.
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On Friday, chief public well being officer Dr. Theresa Tam mentioned Omicron numbers have quickly risen since final week, and she or he urged Canadians to regulate their vacation plans.
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