Canada reported 11,304 new cases of COVID-19 as of Friday afternoon, bringing the cumulative total to 1,957,058 cases with 30,139 deaths, according to CTV.
COVID-19 cases continued to rise in Canada, with the provinces of Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island all reporting record numbers on Friday.
Ontario, the most populous province, has reported 9,571 new cases of COVID-19, the highest number on record in a single day since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020.
Manitoba recorded a record daily increase of 742 new cases, New Brunswick reported 265 new cases and Prince Edward Island reported its highest 40 new daily cases on record.
Cases of COVID-19 in Canada have skyrocketed in recent days due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.
Like the Delta variant which has dominated since last summer, the Omicron variant is highly transmissible. In addition, the Omicron variant would have proved tenacious in evading vaccines.
The combination of the two traits has led to projections that the new variant will quickly wipe out Canadian populations if public health measures are not tightened, according to Canadian medical experts.
(Only the title and image of this report may have been reworked by Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is automatically generated from a syndicated feed.)
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