COVID-19 cases and test positivity have noticeably dropped in recent days, the province’s latest modelling data suggests the Delta variant could be the dominant strain over the summer and vaccinating high-risk communities will be key to avoiding a fourth wave of the virus.“These drops in cases and other indicators should continue to decline for at least 10 days and potentially for the summer.
As vaccination continues, it will be important to monitor carefully for new variants and to continue assessing for signs of breakthrough infections, those are infections in people who have already vaccinated, and serious infections that result in hospitalization or other negative outcomes,” Dr.