Ontario's public health measures have decreased COVID-19 transmission and have slowed the spread of variants of concern, according to modelling released by the province's advisory group on Thursday. According to the science table, variants of concern like B117 are continuing to spread and cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions will likely increase soon. Brown said the new increase in the large public health units shows a trend in the wrong direction. Other public health units that logged double-digit increases were:Ottawa: 64. Public health units also recorded the deaths of 23 more people with COVID-19, pushing Ontario's official toll to 6,916.

Source: CBC News February 25, 2021 15:35 UTC