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
Category: Statistics
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
2023-10-20 BC
It sure looks like COVID-19 levels peaked and are heading down. Why? Beats me. Health Care System This article says that 48% of BC health care aid workers want to quit. Other Viruses I hear people say, “oh, it’s not COVID, it’s just a cold”? Check out the proportion of COVID in the BC CDC’s… Continue reading 2023-10-20 BC
2023-10-13 BC
Everything: cases, hospitalizations, wastewater — says that cases have peaked and are on the downswing. (Probably because school started. /sarcasm.) I find it odd that hospitalizations and cases peaked at the same time. Usually hospitalizations lag cases by two weeks. I don’t think it’s from the vax rollout — you could imagine that care homes… Continue reading 2023-10-13 BC
2023-10-06 BC
It’s looking bad, folks. We are now above the Delta-level of hospitalizations (and above the Delta-level of COVID-19 in wastewater, too). Statistics As of 5 Oct, the BC CDC situation report says that in the week ending on 30 Sept there were: +877 reported cases, +228 hospital admissions, +25 ICU admissions, +24 thirty-day all-cause deaths*.… Continue reading 2023-10-06 BC
2023-09-08 BC
COVID-19 cases are increasing, by pretty much every measure. Statistics As of Sept 7, the BC CDC situation report says that in the week ending on 2 Sept there were: +447 reported cases, +119 hospital admissions, +17 ICU admissions, +12 thirty-day all-cause deaths*. In the week ending 26 Aug, there were: +366 reported cases, +136… Continue reading 2023-09-08 BC
2023-05-21 BC small
Hospitals This article reports that Burnaby Hospital had a third COVID outbreak in three weeks. It mentioned that they are doing “enhanced cleaning” — but are they wearing masks again? Are they filtering the air? Statistics I refreshed the Situation Report, expecting to see nothing, but instead saw: Data presented are up to the end… Continue reading 2023-05-21 BC small