Your weekly COVID-19 update Every Tuesday, the Maclean's daily newsletter will catch you up on what you need to know about Canada's fight against the coronavirus. This week, Patricia Treble focuses on one story worth watching, and you can get a sneak peek here. You'll also get the same mix of Maclean's stories you expect every day if you scroll down below. As the number of COVID-19 cases surged in Ontario, Anthony Dale, CEO of the Ontario Hospital Association, sounded the alarm: “If current trends continue to accelerate, economic restrictions may tighten once more, and the school year for our children will be in jeopardy.” The next day, the provincial government reported that COVID-19 hospitalizations jumped from 39 to 47, a 20 per cent increase. The numbers are well below those in the spring, when more than 1,000 beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients, but the exponential trend may foreshadow a dark autumn season for the pandemic. The number of cases are increasing even faster than hospitalizations in Ontario. For the week ending on Sept. 14, the number of COVID-19 cases in the province jumped 58 per cent. For the previous week, that increase was 24 per cent while the week before that saw just a six per cent increase. The numbers have pushed Ontario’s rate of new cases to 15.6 per million population, its highest level since June 15. READ MORE >> | 