Among the provinces reporting data on Saturday, Ontario reported 47 COVID-19 linked deaths and Quebec adding 68 deaths. Hospitalizations have held steady for nearly two weeks, another key indicator that the omicron wave is slowing. Officials reported 5,547 new COVID-19 cases, but have said the case count isn’t representative of the actual situation because PCR testing is limited to certain high-risk groups. They are the first large U.S. studies to look at vaccine protection against omicron, health officials said. Protection dropped from 94% during the delta wave to 82% during the omicron wave.

Source: thestar January 23, 2022 08:54 UTC