Note: the weather has been awesome this week, so I have been spending it outdoors instead of reading research papers indoors. Thus the General post will be delayed by a few days.
Meanwhile, COVID-19 appears to be holding pretty steady.
About half of upper respiratory cases are COVID-19; about a quarter are entero or rhinoviruses; about a quarter are “everything else”.
Health Care System
This article (2025-08-06) reports that there have been quite a few ER closures recently in BC.
Charts
From the BC Viral Respiratory Outcomes Report:
Comparison of COVID-19 vs. Other Influenza-Like-Illnesses, from the Viral Pathogen Characterization page:
In the most recent data (ending 2 August) as reported on 7 June 2025, among influenza-like illness (i.e upper respiratory diseases) cases the province has test data for:
- 53.6% were COVID-19;
- 23.2% were entero/rhinoviruses;
- 8.0% were parainfluenza;
- 5.9% were influenza A or B;
- 3.7% were adenoviruses;
- 2.5% were RSV;
- 2.2% were metapneumonia viruses;
- 0.9% were “common cold” coronaviruses.
Wastewater
💩💧 From Jeff’s wastewater spreadsheet:
