Restaurants
This article says that the City of Burnaby granted two bars (Dageraad Brewing and Studio Brewing) licenses for permanent patios.
Attitudes
This survey says that 64% of British Columbians don’t want a return to COVID-19 mandates and 18% would like stricter health measures, though 23% (28% of the over-55s) would like to see vax passports again. 9% think COVID-19 was and is a hoax.
This article says that a five people bust into the Surry ER and yelled that they didn’t need to wear masks, basically made nuisances of themselves, etc. One was arrested.
Statistics
As of today, the BC CDC weekly report said that in the week ending on 18 Feb there were: +356 reported cases, +95 hospital admissions, +25 ICU admissions, +22 thirty-day all-cause deaths.
As of today, the weekly report said that the previous week (data through 11 Feb) there were: +341 reported cases, +107 hospital admissions, +25 ICU admissions, +22 all-cause deaths.
Last week, the BC CDC weekly report said that in the week ending on 11 Feb there were: +341 reported cases, +81 hospital admissions, +23 ICU admissions, +13 thirty-day all-cause deaths.
Last week, the weekly report said that the previous week (data through 4 Feb) there were: +278 reported cases, +117 hospital admissions, +21 ICU admissions, +25 all-cause deaths.
The BC CDC weekly report says that there are 240 in hospital / 17 in ICU as of 23 Feb 2023.
Charts
From the BC CDC Situation Report page as of 23 Feb (with data through 5 Feb):
From the BC CDC VoC report as of 23 Feb with data through Feb 5:
From the BC CDC Vaccination Coverage report as of 23 Feb (with data through 20 Feb):
Wastewater levels per capita from the Province’s wastewater page as of 23 Feb with data through 16 Feb:
