The indicators are mostly flat at the moment. Since they had been going down, maybe this means that they are about to go up again. This wouldn’t be hugely surprising, as the indicators are all going up in the USA.
Politics
I have a call to action: this web page lets you easily send a message to your MLA requesting continuing funding for COVID-19 initiatives past 2023. Specifically, the petition requests:
- Renew a three year-plan for economic recovery, sustainable health management of communicable diseases, and resilience against future pandemics;
- Establish a Clean Indoor Air Act with an Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) advisory council;
- Support a comprehensive building retrofit strategy including cooling and IAQ improvements in the BC Building Code;
- Provide a tax credit of $5 million/year to offset PPE costs for low-income seniors and persons with disabilities (bolstered by expanded medical equipment coverage, and raising rates of income and disability assistance indexed to inflation);
- Include Long COVID care in improved support for complex chronic illnesses;
- Invest in improved digital health solutions including better usability and interoperability between health authorities.
Statistics
As of 7 Dec, the BC CDC situation report says that in the week ending on 2 Dec there were: +349 reported cases, +116 hospital admissions, +19 ICU admissions, and +31 thirty-day all-cause deaths*.
In the week ending 25 Nov, they now report that there were +382 reported cases, +143 hospital admissions, +24 ICU admissions, and +23 thirty-day all-cause deaths*.
For comparison, in the previous update, they reported that in the week ending on 25 Nov there were: +370 reported cases, +126 hospital admissions, +24 ICU admissions, and +14 thirty-day all-cause deaths*.
*All-cause deaths in people who had a positive COVID-19 test in the prior 30 days, that is.
There were 182 people in hospital and 17 in critical care with COVID-19 on 7 December.
Charts
From the BC CDC Situation Report: