Officials declare that Canada is now in the 4th wave of COVID-19

People dining at a shopping mall food court following the recent reopening of all retail stores after the lockdown in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 06, 2021. Officials declared that Canada is now in the 4th wave of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as cases spike across much of the country following the loosening of health measures meant to keep the virus at bay and the recent reopening following the last lockdown. The fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is driven by the Delta variant (the variant that originated in India) which has become the dominant strain of the virus across most of the country.