There was no update from the province last week, so there was no blog post last week. Most other places are engulfed by COVID-19, but in BC it’s much more mellow — right now. Most stats here are up, but only slightly. If you are planning a trip Back East or to the USA, make… Continue reading 2024-01-05 BC
Category: Statistics
2023-12-21 BC
The province will not be releasing data next week, so there will not be a BC posting on this blog next week. Statistics As of 21 Dec, the BC CDC situation report says that in the week ending on 16 Dec there were: +358 reported cases, +93 hospital admissions, +14 ICU admissions, and +19 thirty-day all-cause deaths*.… Continue reading 2023-12-21 BC
2023-12-15 BC
Cases and wastewater both look like they are going up slightly. That might be noise, but given how COVID-19 levels are definitely going up in places near Canada *cough cough USA cough cough*, levels probably are going up. Other Illnesses / Medical System This article reports that Health Minister Dix says there used to be… Continue reading 2023-12-15 BC
2023-12-08 BC
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… Continue reading 2023-12-08 BC
2023-12-01 BC
All the indicators are trending down. This is good! Statistics As of 30 Nov, the BC CDC situation report says 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*. In the week ending 18 Nov, they now report that there were +363… Continue reading 2023-12-01 BC
2023-11-25 BC
Most indicators keep going down, which is good! We are now at almost the same level of hospitalizations as we were right before Omicron hit. Wastewater levels might be going up in Vancouver, but that might also just be noise. Mitigation Measures This article says that the province is taking some heat for telling people… Continue reading 2023-11-25 BC
2023-11-17 BC
Indicators seem to be trending down slightly this week. Statistics As of 17 Nov, the BC CDC situation report says that in the week ending on 11 Nov there were: +475 reported cases, +146 hospital admissions, +21 ICU admissions, and +26 thirty-day all-cause deaths*. In the week ending 4 Nov, they now report that there were +540… Continue reading 2023-11-17 BC
2023-11-10 BC
Indicators have gone up slightly. Statistics As of 9 Nov, the BC CDC situation report says that in the week ending on 4 Nov there were: +531 reported cases, +144 hospital admissions, +16 ICU admissions, and +36 thirty-day all-cause deaths*. In the week ending 28 Oct, there were +460 reported cases, +168 hospital admissions, +26 ICU admissions,… Continue reading 2023-11-10 BC
2023-11-03 BC
COVID-19 levels have still not gotten down to where we were in summer 2023, but pretty much all the indicators say that they are falling. Vaccines This article reports that 528,575 people — slightly over 10% of BC residents — have gotten a fall COVID-19 booster. 740,529 have gotten flu shots. It also says that… Continue reading 2023-11-03 BC
2023-10-27 BC
Legal This article says that the Supreme Court of BC ruled that evidential discovery could still be done over videochat, even though the plaintiff argued that in person examination was once again the default mode of examination. The court basically said (paraphrasing heavily!), “so what, we saw it worked, no reason to dump Zoom calls… Continue reading 2023-10-27 BC