COVID-19 case curves finally flattening across Canada Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer For the first time since the second wave took off, Canada is seeing a sustained drop in the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus every day, a signal that restrictions in the country’s two largest provinces are, at last, making a difference. As of Thursday night, the national seven-day average of new COVID-19 infections reported daily – a measure that smooths out single-day blips – sat at 6,080 cases, down 26 per cent from an all-time high of 8,217 on Jan. 10. Active cases nationwide have fallen by one-fifth since the start of the month.