Press Briefing
There was a press briefing. I didn’t watch it; I was busy and kind of depressed about the pandemic. (I am well within my mental health limits, but it is hard to be so close to the train wreck that is the global COVID-19 response.) This thread gives a summary of the press briefing.
Statistics
Reminder that these statistics are wildly inaccurate. First, the province case counts do not include reinfections for some bizarre reason. Second, the case counts are wildly undercounted: two different studies estimated the undercount as being ~90x. Third, hospitalizations are only counted if the person tested positive on a PCR test; rapid tests don’t count. Fourth, hospitalizations don’t count if they were discharged on the same day.
As of today, the BC CDC weekly report said that in the week ending on 12 Nov there were: +487 confirmed cases, +144 hospital admissions, +33 ICU admissions, +30 all-cause deaths.
As of today, the weekly report said that the previous week (data through 5 Nov) there were: +407 confirmed cases, +159 hospital admissions, +26 ICU admissions, +40 all-cause deaths.
Last week, the BC CDC weekly report said that in the week ending on 5 Nov there were: +407 confirmed cases, +124 hospital admissions, +24 ICU admissions, +20 all-cause deaths.
Last week, the weekly report said that the previous week (data through 29 October) there were: +486 confirmed cases, +149 hospital admissions, +33 ICU admissions, +28 all-cause deaths.
The BC CDC dashboard says that there are 328 in hospital / 26 in ICU as of 17 November 2022.
Charts
From the BC CDC Week 44 (ending 5 Nov) Situation Report:
From the BC CDC Variant of Concern report ending 10 Nov 2022:
