Tam says the number of new cases of the virus have started to level off after weeks of decline.
In Canada, the daily average number of people in hospital with COVID-19 declined by 11 per cent since last week, and the number of people in intensive care declined by 14 per cent.
The spread of COVID-19 abroad has been partially blamed on BA.2, a sublineage of the Omicron variant that has been dubbed “stealth Omicron.”tap here to see other videos from our teamDeputy chief public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo says the spread of BA.2 seems to be highest in places where booster vaccine coverage is low and fewer people were infected with Omicron in the last wave.
In Canada, Tam says BA.2 is spreading relatively slowly and does not appear to be more severe than other variants.
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