Flu looks like it might have peaked. COVID-19 case counts in BC dropped slightly, but other jurisdictions (including the USA) have rising COVID-19 counts and the BC wastewater looks like it is trending rising, so I’m going to say that COVID-19 levels are rising slowly. I have less information on RSV, but the shape/size of the wave makes me think it hasn’t peaked yet.

COVID-19

Charts

From the Viral Pathogen Characterization page:

Influenza levels have gone down slightly, and I am inclined to believe it: other jurisdictions and countries are also reporting declines right now.

There was a slight drop in RSV cases this week, but my personal guesstimate is that it’s just noise: other jurisdictions have rising RSV, the RSV levels are lower than the past two years, and the shape just… looks… wrong to me. I am not psychic, so could easily be wrong, but me, I wouldn’t place any bets on RSV having peaked.

In the most recent data (ending 10 Jan 2026) as reported on 15 Jan 2026, among influenza-like illness (i.e respiratory diseases) cases that the province has test data for:

67.3% were influenza A or B;
13.9% were RSV;
7.0% were COVID-19;
4.5% were entero/rhinoviruses;
3.7% were metapneumonia viruses;
2.0% were parainfluenza;
0.9% were “common cold” coronaviruses;
0.7% were adenoviruses.

Wastewater

💩💧 From Jeff’s wastewater spreadsheet:

Mitigation Measures

This article (2026-01-09) seems to say that an Abbotsford preacher who defied early-pandemic closure orders was cleared of any wrongdoing. However, this blog post (2026-01-12) says that the court vacated $460 of fines but the pastor was still on the hook for $2,530 in fines, so not a blanket vindication.