Covid Data

• WHO head ‘very concerned’ about COVID deaths as emergency declaration call looms

  As the World Health Organization prepares to decide whether COVID-19 remains a global emergency, key pandemic indicators show from the virus deaths are rising globally.

  Health

  Jan 24, 2023
  
• Will 2023 be the year COVID-19 becomes endemic in Canada? Experts weigh in

  Will 2023 be the year the emergency phase of the COVID pandemic is declared over and that Canada recognizes the virus as endemic? Experts say it's a complicated question.

  Health

  Jan 1, 2023
  
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• New COVID variant could emerge amid drop in surveillance, vaccination, WHO warns

  A growing decline in COVID-19 surveillance and vaccination could open the door to a new variant of concern, the World Health Organization says.

  Health

  Dec 2, 2022
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• B.C. COVID cases in critical care jump while number in hospital holds flat

  There were COVID 328 cases in BC hospitals, unchanged from last week. The number of cases in critical care, however, shot up to 37, the highest they have been since early August. 

  Health

  Nov 24, 2022
• COVID cases in B.C. hospitals hold steady as test positivity trends downward

  As of Nov. 10, there were 290 confirmed cases in hospital, up just four from last Thursday, and 26 cases in critical care, down one from the week prior.

  Health

  Nov 10, 2022
• COVID-19 hospitalizations continue midsummer increase in Alberta

  New weekly data released Wednesday, shows that Alberta saw another week of increases of midsummer COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions.

  Health

  Aug 3, 2022
• COVID-19 data void could hinder understanding of long-term effects: experts

  Even a modest risk of post-COVID conditions could add up to a substantial burden on health care, given a high number of COVID cases.

  Health

  Jun 4, 2022
• COVID-19: Saskatchewan reports 9 new deaths, 346 new cases, hospitalizations down

  One in nineteen laboratory tests were positive. The weekly test positivity of 5.3% is a slight decrease from the previous week (5.5 per cent).

  Health

  Jun 2, 2022
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• More than half of the U.S. has had COVID-19, antibody study indicates

  About 58 per cent of the U.S. population has had COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic in 2020, according to a U.S. nationwide blood survey released on Tuesday.

  World

  Apr 26, 2022
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• Canadians have ‘unfinished business’ amid rising COVID-19 hospitalizations. Here’s why

  In the last week, Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia and the Prairies have all reported an increase in hospitalizations from COVID-19 amid the sixth wave.

  Canada

  Apr 19, 2022