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As research suggests that COVID-19 has infected roughly half of the Canadian population, the emergence of an even more contagious version of the virus means some people may be in for another round.
About half of Canadians have had COVID-19 so far, research suggests
The B.C. COVID-19 Modelling Group confirms a new wave and variant of Omicron is sweeping the province, with hospitalization expected to rise through July.
The Omicron subvariant BA.5, and to a lesser extent, BA.4, is driving the latest wave — the seventh of the pandemic and the third since the arrival of Omicron.
'Omicron has been a tsunami,' with 100,000 infections per day in Canada, says the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force