Test numbers and cases may "spike" again in the coming days, as many long term homes are undergoing another round of surveillance testing this week. I doubt there will be a major jump in cases, as community transmission is really low now, but there will probably be a sizable jump in testing numbers (assuming these even get tallied in the daily test numbers) and certainly likely we'll see a couple new cases.
It'll be interesting to see what happens within the next 3-4 weeks now that Phase 3 has started in most of the province. Community transmission isn't all that high here, and now that we're wearing masks in public places/transit, the risk is even lower. The main thing will be people going to parties, eating indoors, going to the gym etc. I guess we can all be thankful that we've taken this seriously in Canada and are not at the epicentre of a pandemic, like our neighbours to the south. Unfortunately, I think it was bound to happen to them. Americans just think differently than the rest of the developed world. On that note, we've also decided to keep the border closed until the end of August. I can't see it opening up for even highly modified travel for at least 6 months, yet once winter comes, the probability of transmission will grow again as people spend more time indoors. The last thing I want is for all our hard work to fall apart due to either our own complacency or because we decided to reopen the border.
It'll be interesting to see what happens within the next 3-4 weeks now that Phase 3 has started in most of the province. Community transmission isn't all that high here, and now that we're wearing masks in public places/transit, the risk is even lower. The main thing will be people going to parties, eating indoors, going to the gym etc. I guess we can all be thankful that we've taken this seriously in Canada and are not at the epicentre of a pandemic, like our neighbours to the south. Unfortunately, I think it was bound to happen to them. Americans just think differently than the rest of the developed world. On that note, we've also decided to keep the border closed until the end of August. I can't see it opening up for even highly modified travel for at least 6 months, yet once winter comes, the probability of transmission will grow again as people spend more time indoors. The last thing I want is for all our hard work to fall apart due to either our own complacency or because we decided to reopen the border.