08-04-2020 22:00 via ctvnews.ca

'Planking the curve': Experts caution Canada is still far from halting COVID-19

After weeks of staying home, avoiding public spaces and closing non-essential businesses, Canadians are left wondering: is Canada flattening the curve? Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam announced on Tuesday that Canada has completed over 346,000 COVID-19 tests. Of that total, some five per cent are positive for the new novel coronavirus. Tam has previously told Canadians to not just "flatten the curve" but use physical distancing to "plank it," or drive the infection rate to z
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