Meanwhile, Dr. Anthony Fauci angrily confronted U.S. Sen. Rand Paul in testimony on Capitol Hill, rejecting Paul’s insinuation that the U.S. helped fund research at a Chinese lab that could have sparked the COVID-19 outbreak.
Ontario is reporting another jump in the number of new COVID-19 cases as health officials log just over 190 new infections and the seven-day average rises.
The city's associate medical officer of health suggests Ottawa needs to get closer to 90 per cent fully vaccinated to protect against the COVID-19 Delta variant.