The Ontario government’s total of new COVID-19 cases announced Saturday is 369, an apparent increase of 58. There is a partial summary of these cases at the ministry site. The number of infections was expected to climb. Serious prevention measures of self-isolation and border controls have not been in place long enough to exhaust the cases which are now appearing following the virus incubation period. The principle of the quarantine and isolation (Q&I) measures now in place is to reduce transmission from infected parties to less than one. If Q&I is done effectively, cases will begin to decline and ultimately disappear. The Chinese started with a much bigger problem but have now begun to see cases recede.
