Via CBC News: Alberta could have thousands of new COVID-19 cases a day on current trajectory, infectious disease expert says. Excerpt:
An Alberta infectious disease expert says she's deeply concerned about the numbers of COVID-19 reported in the province in recent days — and is warning that a preventable loss of life could be looming should serious steps not be taken.
Dr. Lynora Saxinger, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Alberta, says the province's new social gathering restrictions that brought in mandatory limits of 15 people may not go far enough.
"I think the gathering number was a good start, but I think it still reads as being a little bit confusing to people when, in fact, they can actually still go out to places with larger numbers than that, for example," Saxinger said.
Alberta reported 622 new cases of the virus on Friday — a new daily record — pushing the number of active cases in the province to a record 5,172.
In response to that significant increase, Malgorzata Gasperowicz, a developmental biologist and general associate in the faculty of nursing at the University of Calgary, predicted the province could see 4,000 daily new cases before Christmas if more measures were not taken, given the province's current doubling time.
