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With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations declining, Sonoma County Overall health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase verified Tuesday that a community health and fitness buy restricting the dimensions of significant gatherings will expire as scheduled at 11:59 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 10). Learn Extra
The County documented a scenario rate this 7 days of 65.6 new each day instances for every 100,000 (down from 130.3) the scenario rate amid the unvaccinated folks is 156 for every 100,000 as opposed with 44 for vaccinated inhabitants. The county reported a examination positivity price of 11.8 p.c (down from 17.1). See the county’s up to date Metrics and Trends webpage for the most up-to-date facts.
Well being Officer to elevate most indoor mask mandates on February 16 – Businesses, venue operators, and hosts may well pick out to require all patrons to use masks.
In a press release issued this 7 days, Sonoma County announced that they will align with the condition to elevate universal mask specifications for most indoor public settings beginning Wednesday, Feb. 16. Read the whole push launch.
Unvaccinated folks more than age 2 will keep on to be necessary to use masks in all indoor community settings. Enterprises, location operators, and hosts may well determine their have paths forward to defend personnel and patrons and might pick out to involve all patrons to dress in masks.
Indoor masking is nonetheless necessary by the state for everybody, regardless of vaccination standing, in general public transportation health and fitness care configurations congregate settings like correctional facilities and homeless shelters prolonged-phrase care facilities and in K-12 universities and childcare settings.
Vaccine clinics (Pediatric, 1st Dose, 2nd Dose & Boosters) – 80{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of the suitable populace is now thoroughly vaccinated
As of this 7 days, 80{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} {fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of the County’s 5 and older populace is now fully vaccinated, although 88{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} per cent have been given at the very least one dose. Vaccine appointments are now offered for anyone 5 a long time or older who desiresa person at a person of the numerous clinics, pharmacies or overall health centers in the County. Go to MyTurn.ca.gov to obtain an appointment that is effective for you and obtain a listing of nearby clinics on the Sonoma Valley Wellbeing Associate Web page.
COVID-19 vaccine is offered for little ones ages 5-11 at faculty web-site clinics
46{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of the County’s 5-11-calendar year-olds have gained at least 1 dose of Pfizer’s pediatric vaccine as of this 7 days. Make an appointment on the State’s MyTurn website or go to a single of the Sonoma Valley university internet site clinics below:
February 15th, 4-6 PM at Adele Harrison, 1150 Broadway
February 22nd, 4-6 PM at Flowery College, 17600 Sonoma Hwy 12
March 1st, 4-6 PM at Dunbar College, 11700 Dunbar Rd.
March 8th, 4-6 PM at Sassarini School,652 5th St. W
March 15th, 4-6 PM at Boys & Girs Club, 100 W Verano Ave
March 22nd, 4-6 PM at Adele Harrison, 1150 Broadway
March 29th, 4-6 PM at Flowery School, 17600 Sonoma Hwy 12
Big vaccine clinics future 2 weekends at county fairgrounds
The county is expanding entry to pediatric and grownup COVID-19 vaccines and boosters as a result of large weekend clinics at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. Clinics will be on Saturday and Sunday the following two weekends from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Garrett Building. The clinics are open to everybody in the community but are specially concentrated on youngsters and people 12 decades and older who however want their boosters.
Nevertheless appointments are not desired, you can ensure a place by signing up at myturn.ca.gov.
Vaccines are no cost, the clinics are open up to all and evidence of citizenship standing is not expected.
The Garrett Developing is on the east aspect of the Fairgrounds, obtainable from the Brookwood Avenue entrance.
Screening possibilities
Demand from customers for screening is building it difficult to get analyzed at a site or to attain at-household checks. The county is doing the job to improve the availability of tests, both PCR and antigen and the condition and federal governments hope to supply a lot more totally free at-property checks before long. Come across additional pop-up tests places and make an appointment on the County’s testing site or call the hotline at 707-565-4667. The hotline is available to assist citizens sort by their quite a few testing selections in Spanish and English.
Pop-Up Screening in Sonoma Valley:
Monday – Friday, 7 am – 2 pm at the Fiesta Plaza 18615 Sonoma Hwy., Sonoma.To make an appointment: Pay a visit to the Curative website or call (888) 702-9042.
Sundays, 8 am – 2 pm at the Boyes Hot Springs Park and Journey at Hwy.12 & Thompson Ave., Boyes Sizzling Springs.To make an appointment: Check out the Curative site or call (888) 702-9042.
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Though New Mexico wellness leaders continue to be encouraged about a decreasing selection of new COVID-19 scenarios, the state’s mask mandate will continue being in location for the foreseeable future. The update arrived Wednesday throughout the state’s standard weekly COVID-19 briefing.
New Mexico Office of Wellbeing Performing Secretary Dr. David Scrase stated although he is continuing to experience “optimistic” about the decrease in the amount of new instances, the state is nonetheless anxious about the force hospitals are facing. That was a person of the key aspects highlighted Wednesday amid news of numerous other states positioning expiration dates on their mask mandates, which includes Oregon, New York, California, Massachusetts and other individuals.
“We really do not genuinely make decisions in New Mexico, for New Mexicans based on what other people today are undertaking in other states, we use our very own data,” Dr. Scrase said. “The preponderance of proof I think is extremely clear that masks get the job done to prevent the spread of condition, and I imagine when issues awesome down in the healthcare facility, we’re organizing on rescinding the mask buy.”
New York state officers introduced it would carry mask orders on Wednesday. California is expected to lift its mask mandate by February 15, followed by Connecticut and Massachusetts which set a February 28 conclusion day for their respective mask mandates. Delaware and Oregon are expected to conclude their mask mandates by the conclude of March, though New Jersey is envisioned to end its mandate on March 7.
“When folks talk about their requires to end the mask mandate, I believe … that form of way of thinking genuinely fully excludes the encounter of our hospitals in the state, who’ve been in crisis fundamentally for 6 months now,” Dr. Scrase explained. “They’re [hospitals,] sending [me] emails indicating, ‘please go on it, no matter what we do, for the reason that we merely can’t have much more circumstances.’”
Scrase introduced information Wednesday showing New Mexico’s for each-capita COVID situation price stands around 97 circumstances for each 100,000 people today. Which is about 3 occasions what New Jersey and Connecticut are at the moment averaging.
“We have slightly bigger hospitalizations fees than most of the states [that have announced changes to mask mandates] nonetheless, we have a decrease variety of clinic beds,” Dr. Scrase mentioned. He also highlighted the variety of traveling nurses and health care personnel that remain doing the job in several hospitals around the state. This 7 days, New Mexico is having to pay for additional than 400 traveling healthcare employees, when two of the state’s largest health devices in Albuquerque have brought in an approximated “over 1,200” supplemental health care employees, in accordance to Scrase.
“Believe me, no one wants to conclude [the mask mandate] a lot more than I do, but we have to use the science and we have to use the data we have for New Mexicans, and the details we have about masks as effectively,” Dr. Scrase said. Developed into the state’s recent community wellness buy, New Mexico’s mask mandate is currently slated to conclusion on March 4, 2022 if the health purchase expires with no getting renewed. There’s no sign, so far, if the condition will do that.
New Mexico’s omicron-fueled circumstance surge which peaked in late January has now been in drop for all-around two weeks. In accordance to an NMDOH report released Monday, February 7, in the week from February 1 by 7, the state described 13,432 new COVID cases. That’s down from the prior week’s report, revealed January 31, which documented 26,844 new COVID 19 scenarios from January 25 through 31.
Meanwhile, the state’s health and fitness details indicates the omicron variant is impacting far more little ones. Through Wednesday’s information meeting, Dr. Scrase mentioned although loss of life costs and hospitalizations are quite reduced in youngsters, the major pediatric age team with omicron currently stays young children aged 12 to 17 a long time outdated.
“In young children, around 87{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of children are symptomatic now,” Dr. Scrase claimed. “They use to lag powering older people but now they have caught up with omicron.”
LEE — Recent reductions in regional weekly documented COVID situation numbers continue on to achieve velocity. For the very last week of January, South County circumstances went down by 48 per cent, and Berkshire County cases dropped by 34 p.c. In the week right before that, they had been down by 37 {fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} and 21 per cent, respectively. Nonetheless, these drops are coming off a peak caseload that finally was 4 moments bigger than our winter peak last calendar year. And we keep on being at about 2-1/2 instances the caseload we had at Halloween, a several months in advance of Omicron showed up [see graph below]. So it’s significant to retain present numbers in perspective, notably as we believe about the effect of workforce outages and the authentic health dangers even now existing for immunocompromised people today, all those who have not been vaccinated, and these needing acute care from overtaxed well being companies.
As we commence Yr 3 with a extremely distinctive established of methods and challenges than we’ve had at each individual prior stage, inquiries are coming up more and much more about our “endgame” with COVID. As tempting as it is to undertaking ourselves into a fantasy future in which we require do very little to stop the spread of this virus, the fact is that we will probable keep on to have to have certain tools and actions in area to hold recent and new variants in check out. We also continue on to learn much more about the unfold and lasting effects of Omicron — keep in mind, it is only been 3 whole months because that variant emerged. We are also viewing signs that its even much more contagious subvariant BA.2 has been attaining ground and appears to be blocking peaks in other international locations from dropping again down quite much, which fortuitously did arise final winter season.
Weary however we may be at this issue, with present scenario ranges so superior in all places it stays important to guard ourselves and some others. We can do this by normally donning a very successful mask indoors, restricting avoidable journey and unmasked indoor exposures, averting substantial crowds, and preserving up to date with vaccination and boosters. Essentially, it’s a good thought to presume that at any issue you might get COVID, and to set you up for the greatest doable scenario if that happens. If at any time you are probable to have been uncovered or are questioning a new symptom, finest follow is to keep residence until you can check your self and receive an correct consequence (5 times just after publicity), or if staying house and/or screening is not achievable, to don a KN95 or N95 mask close to other individuals indoors for a comprehensive 10 times, just to be on the protected aspect.
Last but not least, it feels critical at this phase to be absolutely very clear about what vaccination indicates. Very first, it suggests a a great deal-lowered danger of extreme signs and symptoms, hospitalization, and death. 2nd, it means a considerably reduced risk of getting contaminated, especially if your past shot or booster was inside the past couple months. Third, it means a reduced threat of spreading the virus to other individuals, because we just can’t unfold what we’re significantly less probably to have. But becoming vaccinated (or just lately infected, for that issue), does not suggest there is no chance of any of these points happening.
As anyone who had avoided air journey and having indoors for the previous 2 several years and lastly did equally not long ago, I can validate that the waning of vaccine defense in opposition to COVID an infection is a genuine factor. Being 15 weeks earlier my booster shot and traveling in an space of higher transmission (which is basically however just about everywhere ideal now), I knew that statistically, my protection against an infection if exposed was only about 50 p.c. I felt at ease that my private stage of hazard for intense signs and symptoms was really very low thanks to staying vaccinated and wholesome in general. Considering that I constantly use a highly effective mask in community and could very easily choose a immediate exam at any time, I felt there would be a minimal possibility of spreading the virus to some others if I did get it while traveling.
Finally, whilst very long-haul COVID signs or symptoms are nonetheless doable, that particular danger felt much less significant than having a much-required break and having fun with some of the points I had skipped the previous 2 several years. This is a single example of what taking care of our challenges looks like. It doesn’t imply currently being reckless and not taking any safeguards at all, and it doesn’t signify entirely steering clear of the possibility of publicity both, it just suggests building working day-to-working day conclusions applying the ideal data we at the moment have. The extra we can just about every do this, the better off our neighborhood will be.
Here’s your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C.
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Feb 06, 2022 • 9 hours ago • 7 minute read • 55 Comments
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Here’s your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C. for Feb. 5-6, 2022.
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We’ll provide summaries of what’s going on in B.C. right here so you can get the latest news at a glance. This page will be updated regularly throughout the day, with developments added as they happen.
Check back here for more updates throughout the day. You can also get the latest COVID-19 news delivered to your inbox weeknights at 7 p.m. by subscribing to our newsletter here.
B.C.’S COVID-19 CASE NUMBERS
As of the latest figures given on Feb. 4:
• Total number of confirmed cases: 330,942 (25,479 active) • New cases: 1,799 • Total deaths: 2,675 (19 new deaths) • Hospitalized cases: 946 • Intensive care: 139 • Total vaccinations: 4,486,817 received first dose (90{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of eligible pop. 5+); 4,199,246 second doses (84.2{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}); 2,227,223 third doses (51.5{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of adults) • Recovered from acute infection: 301,573 • Long-term care and assisted-living homes, and acute care facilities currently affected: 58
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IN-DEPTH: Here are all the B.C. cases of the novel coronavirus in 2021 | in 2020
B.C. GUIDES AND LINKS
• COVID-19: B.C.’s vaccine passport is here and this is how it works
• COVID-19: Afraid of needles? Here’s how to overcome your fear and get vaccinated
• COVID-19: Here’s where to get tested in Metro Vancouver
Orca Realty says “rogue individual” drove company van in anti-vax rally
A Vancouver real estate company has apologized after one of its vehicles was used in the anti-vax rally held in the city over the weekend — blaming a “rogue” individual.
According to a statement posted on Sunday on the Orca Realty website, “Orca Realty did not participate in this convoy protest today. Orca Realty would never be part of this ever. We are reaching out to find out exactly who drove a vehicle with our name on it in this rally. We apologize profusely for this horrible incident. This was a rogue individual and in no way reflects the beliefs of Orca Realty or Orca Realty ownership.”
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The black Mercedes van with Orca Realty markings was photographed among the rally of vehicles that travelled from Langley to downtown Vancouver on Saturday.
Hundreds converge on Vancouver to oppose health mandates
Protesters disrupted the route of a truck convoy and other vehicles that travelled from Langley to downtown Vancouver on Saturday in opposition to COVID-19 health mandates and to show support for the “Freedom Convoy” that converged in Ottawa last weekend.
At Kingsway and Broadway streets, protesters stood and biked in front of the convoy, blocking traffic until police temporarily rerouted several large trucks, to the cheers of protesters.
“I don’t necessarily love the idea of blocking roads, because it does make things worse for any type of emergency service and ruins everyone’s day,” said a protester named Madeline, who called the convoy of trucks an act of racism, “because it’s throwing that in the face and billions of people in the world that don’t have access to that health care.”
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“But it was really good to see the trucks turn around,” she added.
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— Nathan Griffiths, Tiffany Crawford
Ottawa protesters outnumber police and are in control: Mayor
Protesters camped out in the Canadian capital outnumber the police and control the situation, the Ottawa’s mayor said on Sunday, as a demonstration against vaccine mandates clogged parts of the city for a 10th day.
The “Freedom Convoy” began as a movement against a Canadian vaccine requirement for cross-border truckers but has turned into a rallying point against public health measures and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government.
Protesters have paralyzed downtown Ottawa for the past nine days, with some participants waving Confederate or Nazi flags and some saying they wanted to dissolve Canada’s government.
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“The situation at this point is completely out of control because the individuals with the protest are calling the shots,” Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said on a local radio station. “They have far more people than we have police officers.”
The Vancouver Giants‘ game against the Seattle Thunderbirds scheduled for Sunday afternoon at the Langley Events Centre has been put off due to COVID-19 issues with the Giants.
In a statement, the Western Hockey League said it is “working in consultation with the WHL chief medical officer regarding the matter concerning the Vancouver Giants. Information on the rescheduling of Sunday’s game between the Thunderbirds and Giants will be provided at a later date.”
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The Giants are slated to visit the Kelowna Rockets on Wednesday.
The coronavirus pandemic reached a grim new milestone in the United States on Friday with the nation’s cumulative death toll from COVID-19 surpassing 900,000, even as the daily number of lives lost has begun to level off, according to data collected by Reuters.
The latest tally marks an rise of more than 100,000 U.S. COVID-19 fatalities since Dec. 12, coinciding with a surge of infections and hospitalizations driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant of the virus.
Preliminary evidence has shown that Omicron, while far more infectious, generally causes less severe illness than earlier iterations of the virus, such as Delta. But the sheer volume of Omicron cases fuelled a surge in hospitalizations that has strained many U.S. health care systems to their limits in recent weeks.
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Experts have said the bulk of Omicron patients requiring hospitalization were unvaccinated individuals and people with other underlying chronic health conditions.
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— Reuters
Preparing for whatever post-pandemic’s ‘business as usual’ looks like
The COVID pandemic has permanently changed things for theatre companies, tourism operators and event organizers, even though the rest of society wants to get back to normal.
“(The pandemic) teaches me … that our business model has to be fluid and that you can’t get frustrated with endless planning cycles,” said Peter Cathie White, executive director of the Arts Club Theatre.
So, while Cathie White is confident that patrons will get the same old in-theatre experience when the Arts Club raises the curtain on its production of Kim’s Convenience at the Stanley Industrial Stage on Feb. 24 (with everyone around them wearing masks), behind the scenes, things work a little differently.
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There are plans to use understudies in case of illness, and preparations to move shows if another COVID variant shows up, as well as to “COVID-proof ourselves to the best of our ability,” Cathie White said.
The pandemic hasn’t finished with B.C. The province reported 1,799 new COVID cases Friday with 946 British Columbians still in hospital, 139 of whom are in intensive care, and 19 deaths in the last 24 hours.
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— Derrick Penner
GoFundMe shuts down truck convoy fundraiser
GoFundMe said it has removed the ‘Freedom Convoy 2022’ fundraiser from its website, citing reports of violence and harassment.
In a statement Friday, the online fundraising platform said it believed the truck convoy, which made its way from B.C. and other parts of Canada to Ottawa last weekend and started with the intention of protesting vaccine mandates, was originally intended to be peaceful.
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“We now have evidence from law enforcement that the previously peaceful demonstration has become an occupation, with police reports of violence and other unlawful activity,” it said.
The fundraiser has raised more than $10 million for the truckers and demonstrators protesting COVID-19 mandates in Ottawa.
946 hospitalizations, 19 deaths
The COVID-19 pandemic’s death toll continues to mount as B.C. records one of its highest single-day totals.
On Friday, 19 COVID-related deaths were reported across the province, the second-highest daily tally this year, topped only by Jan. 26’s 21 deaths.
Five of the deaths occurred in Fraser Health, six in Vancouver Coastal, six in Island Health, and two in Northern Health.
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There are 946 people who tested positive for COVID who are currently in hospital, 39 less than yesterday’s 985. Hospitalization figures include both those who were admitted to hospital with severe COVID-19 symptoms and those who happened to test positive while admitted to hospital for other reasons.
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The Tompkins County Health Office says there have now been 17,058 whole optimistic scenarios in Tompkins County, 75 additional than on Thursday, with a whole of 1,788,474 assessments executed. The Well being Office is shifting its facts reporting as of this 7 days, and will no extended contain lively instances or unveiled from isolation statistics, and will not have updates about the weekend.
The Overall health Section is also now reporting beneficial self-exam effects that have been submitted via their online portal. They say there are 12 new favourable self-examination effects today for a overall of 1,562 submitted.
Linked: TCHD: If you check constructive on an at-home examination
As of Friday at 7:45am, the Health and fitness Office claims 2,262 checks were performed considering the fact that the last update. The Tompkins County Wellness Office publishes NYS vaccine tracking data, showing 83,373 Tompkins County residents have a very first dose and 75,776 have accomplished vaccination (which could be 1 or two doses, depending on vaccine).
The Health Office claims 15 persons are now hospitalized for COVID-19, the exact as in Thursday’s update. As of a change in information final wintertime, “TCHD is reporting only lively scenarios who are hospitalized,” alternatively than which include people recovered from COVID who keep on being hospitalized for other factors.
There have been 54 deaths from COVID-19 recorded amongst Tompkins County people, like the loss of life of one location resident reported Tuesday early morning.
Tompkins County Public Wellbeing Director Frank Kruppa suggests, “of the the latest uptick in hospitalizations, a large bulk have been of unvaccinated persons. Of the couple of vaccinated persons who have been hospitalized, the trend holds that they have been admitted for a non-COVID linked issue and analyzed constructive upon admittance.”
On February 3, Cornell College described 34 new good circumstances for February 2, 94 energetic scholar scenarios, and 46 active staff circumstances. Cornell only updates its dashboard on weekdays, and the timing of their updates does not make it possible for a immediate comparison to the county’s figures.
As of February 3, Ithaca College reported 7 energetic pupil circumstances, with 347 recovered, and 9 lively personnel instances and 123 recovered workforce.
“All constructive conditions are exceptional men and women,” the Wellbeing Office says. Some of the negative examination results are men and women necessary to be tested various periods, and so this rely is probable to mirror the exact human being many situations in a lot of situations.
The Wellbeing Department states its data involve screening that Cornell College started conducting on July 16, 2020. Cornell released its personal COVID-19 info dashboard on August 25, 2020.
Associated: New Cornell COVID-19 dashboard shows check effects and alert level
The Health Office suggests the public wants to reduce the distribute of COVID-19 not just to protect them selves, but many others in our neighborhood who are most vulnerable to having incredibly sick – older grownups, those who are immune-compromised, and those with underlying chronic health and fitness circumstances. Absolutely everyone can get these techniques to halt the distribute of COVID-19 and “flatten the curve” in our local community.
TCHD’s Frank Kruppa claims, “There is a extremely high vaccination amount for our neighborhood, in particular with the successes that have been noted by our local colleges. In addition to the arrival and surveillance tests, several of our new conditions are arising from sustained near make contact with with a good particular person, that means far more than 10 minutes inside of 6 feet of a constructive situation. These near contacts are transpiring a lot more often in big indoor gatherings that blend unique groups of men and women.”
“Tompkins County is now in the ‘High’ transmission amount as defined by the CDC,” the Overall health Division says. “High transmission fee takes place when there are more than 100 optimistic conditions for every 100,000 people above a 7-day period of time. The advisory for County citizens to put on a mask indoors whilst all-around others proceeds to be in location.”
Here’s your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C.
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Feb 02, 2022 • 10 hours ago • 7 minute read • 101 Comments
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Here’s your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C. for Feb. 2, 2022.
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B.C.’S COVID-19 CASE NUMBERS
As of the latest figures given on Feb. 2:
• Total number of confirmed cases: 327,625 (25,959 active) • New cases: 1,236 • Total deaths: 2,643 (18 new deaths) • Hospitalized cases: 988 • Intensive care: 136 • Total vaccinations: 4,483,908 received first dose (90{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of eligible pop. 5+); 4,191,486 second doses (84.1{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}); 2,176,872 third doses (50.3{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of adults) • Recovered from acute infection: 293,488 • Long-term care and assisted-living homes, and acute care facilities currently affected: 54
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IN-DEPTH: Here are all the B.C. cases of the novel coronavirus in 2021 | in 2020
B.C. GUIDES AND LINKS
• COVID-19: B.C.’s vaccine passport is here and this is how it works
• COVID-19: Afraid of needles? Here’s how to overcome your fear and get vaccinated
• COVID-19: Here’s where to get tested in Metro Vancouver
Number of people in hospital falls as 18 people die
Latest health data shows that 279 people were admitted to hospital over the past day either because of COVID-19, or for other reasons but they tested positive upon arrival.
According to provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry around 40 per cent of all COVID-19 cases in hospital are there because of the disease.
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There are now 988 people in total in hospital that have COVID-19. There are 136 people who are seriously sick with the disease and being treated in intensive care.
There were 1,776 cases reported over the past day and 25,959 active cases. Both these numbers are understated by a factor of four due to limited PCR testing.
Eighteen people died because of COVID-19 over the past day, with that total now at 2,643.
More provinces preparing to loosen COVID-19 restrictions in coming weeks
More provinces are loosening COVID-19 restrictions as hospitalizations in some parts of the country appear to plateau, but health officials caution that eased measures could lead to increased infections in the coming weeks.
“We really certainly hope that we will not have to get back (to restrictions) in any way, but there’s a risk,” said Dr. Luc Boileau, Quebec’s interim director of public health.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Quebec dropped Wednesday by 122 to 2,730, and the number of people in intensive care decreased by 14 to 204.
Quebec released modelling that showed the decrease may not last long. Boileau said the number of infections, and ultimately hospitalizations, is likely to rise again with children going back to school and the softening of health measures.
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, said the daily number of people with COVID-19 in hospitals is dipping slightly at the national level. But, she added, it remains high and is still rising in some jurisdictions.
“Where some public health measures are easing, layers of personal protective practices remain crucial for reducing spread and preventing resurgence,” she said in a social media post.
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Alberta and Saskatchewan reported record numbers of people in hospital with COVID-19 this week as both provinces announced plans to remove vaccine passport requirements by the end of the month.
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— Canadian Press
Lockdowns only reduced COVID deaths by 0.2 per cent, Johns Hopkins study finds
A new study out of Johns Hopkins University is claiming that worldwide pandemic lockdowns only prevented 0.2 per cent of COVID-19 deaths and were “not an effective way of reducing mortality rates during a pandemic.”
“We find no evidence that lockdowns, school closures, border closures, and limiting gatherings have had a noticeable effect on COVID-19 mortality,” reads the paper, which is based on a review of 34 pre-existing COVID-19 studies.
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Given the “devastating effects” that lockdowns have caused, the authors recommended they be “rejected out of hand as a pandemic policy instrument.”
In both Europe and the United States, researchers found that a lockdown could only be expected to bring down mortality rates by 0.2 per cent “as compared to a COVID-19 policy based solely on recommendations.” For context, 0.2 per cent of total Canadian COVID-19 fatalities thus far is equal to about 70 people.
The impact of border closures was found to be even less effective, with death rates only going down about 0.1 per cent.
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— Tristin Hopper, National Post
Seniors advocate welcomes new long term care rules, but outbreak murkiness presents ‘risk’
Every long term care resident in B.C. can now choose a designated visitor who will be granted unlimited visits even if an outbreak is declared in the facility.
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Provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, Tuesday said this effort is in “adjusting our outbreak management approach in long term care.”
“We are acutely aware of the impact of the extended social isolation that comes with the full closures of long term care homes,” said Henry. “And we’ve been trying to find the balance between limiting the risks to residents in long term care, minimizing transmission of the virus as well as having that all-important contact with loved ones.”
B.C.’s seniors advocate and families of long term care residents have been calling for that change for close to a year.
It’s been a tough two years in the intensive care unit of Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng’s Ottawa hospital.
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The hours have been horrendous and burnout among staff widespread, not least due to a unique characteristic of the COVID-19 sufferers who have flooded the ward.
While the typical ICU patient is unconscious for much of his or her stay, those with COVID often arrive awake and can chat with the doctors and nurses, which makes it all the harder when some grow desperately ill and succumb to the virus, said Kyeremanteng, the unit’s head.
“You could have a conversation with them, they’re relatable,” he said. “That was a very under-recognized source of stress.”
But despite the pressures of grappling head-on with the world’s worst public-health crisis in generations, Kyeremanteng has a perhaps surprising take on the pandemic and its impact.
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As some of his colleagues balk at any easing yet of public-health restrictions, the critical-care specialist is pushing for schools to move more quickly toward open, pre-pandemic norms, and questions the need for some of the other limits still in place.
COVID-19 vaccine for toddlers in B.C. will not happen in the short term, says provincial health officer
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says a COVID-19 vaccine for infants and toddlers will not arrive in B.C. in the short term.
Henry was reacting to news that Pfizer had been asked by U.S. health regulators to accelerate its application for emergency approval of a vaccine that could be used in people aged six months to four years.
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At the moment, vaccines are approved for use in Canada and the U.S. for anyone aged five and up.
In a statement released on Tuesday, Pfizer said it had begun submitting data to U.S. regulators including the Food and Drug Administration for authorization of its vaccine for children under five. This was done at the request of the FDA.
A panel of outside advisers is scheduled to meet Feb. 15 to consider the request, with the agency stating it wants a vaccine available for this age group as a matter of priority.
B.C. registers nine deaths over past day
The B.C. Ministry of Health is reporting nine new COVID-19 deaths over the past day, bringing that total to 2,625. There were 1,236 new cases reported, and 28,302 active cases of the disease in B.C. — both these numbers are underestimates due to limited PCR testing being done.
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Interior Health is now accounting for more cases than any other health authority, despite it being smaller than Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health. According to the ministry, there were 406 new cases reported in Interior Health compared to 253 in Fraser Health and 212 in Vancouver Coastal Health.
There are now 55 active outbreaks in health-care facilities, mostly in long-term care homes.
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B.C. VACCINE TRACKER
WHAT’S HAPPENING ACROSS CANADA
LOCAL RESOURCES for COVID-19 information
Here are a number of information and landing pages for COVID-19 from various health and government agencies.
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