Prince Edward Island’s rate of COVID-19 has reached levels never before recorded, not just in P.E.I. but in any province since the start of the pandemic, according to figures from the federal government.
As of Monday, P.E.I. has 4,241 active cases according to the province’s website — that means one in 40 Islanders is now counted as a confirmed, active case. As well, there would be more cases that haven’t been identified.
“They’re certainly eye-popping,” said infection control epidemiologist Colin Furness, a professor at the University of Toronto.
“When you look at it as a rate or as a proportion of the population, that’s
