Canada COVID-19 daily cases could spike 12-fold by end-2020, say medical officials

OTTAWA, Nov 20- New daily cases of COVID-19 in Canada could soar to 60,000 by the end of the year, up from less than 5,000 now, if people increase their daily contacts, medical officials said in a grim forecast on Friday. Even if current restrictions on gatherings are maintained, new daily cases will jump to more than 20,000 over the same time period, the officials told a…

OTTAWA, Nov 20 (Reuters) – New daily cases of COVID-19 in

Canada could soar to 60,000 by the end of the year, up from less

than 5,000 now, if people increase their daily contacts, medical

officials said in a grim forecast on Friday.

Even if current restrictions on gatherings are maintained,new daily cases will jump to more than 20,000 over the same timeperiod, the officials told a briefing. Several Canadianprovinces are reimposing restrictions on movement and businessesas a second wave of the pandemic rips across the country.

(Reporting by David LjunggrenEditing by Chizu Nomiyama)