'No doubt' Canada now in 4th wave of COVID-19 as cases spike across much of the country

With COVID-19 cases rising in multiple provinces after a summer lull, more signs point to Canada entering an expected fourth wave of the pandemic — one which could be dramatically different from earlier surges, thanks to rising vaccination rates, but not entirely pain-free. The country's seven-day average for new daily cases is now close to 1,300 — an increase of nearly 60 per cent over the previous week, with cases ticking back up mainly in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec. 'We're absolutely in the fourth wave,' said Dr. Peter Juni, who is the scientific director of Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. 'There's no doubt about that.'