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The COVID-19 pandemic
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The COVID-19 pandemic
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01-14-2021, 08:29 AM
The Home Depot, Lowe’s, Canadian Tire Etc have been closed since Boxing Day, do the new rules allow them to open?
I am assuming the rules mean that their allowed pick up hours are just being reduced rather than allowing them to open. 
01-14-2021, 11:02 AM
For a change of pace, a chart of Canadian data. While BC and Alberta have had their issues, the post-Christmas spike appears to have been driven very much by Ontario and Quebec. Both are now showing early signs of tapering off, but the totals are still very high.
01-14-2021, 03:22 PM
THURSDAY 2021-01-14
Waterloo Region reported 169 new cases today (16.0% of the active cases); 1,088 new cases for the week (-14), averaging 15.2% of active cases. 1,097 active cases, +194 in the last seven days. Ontario reported 3,326 new cases today with a seven-day average of 3,388 (-65). 3,593 recoveries and 62 deaths translated to a drop of 329 active cases and a new total of 29,307 -- the third consecutive day with a drop. +2,139 active cases for the week and 333 deaths (48 per day). 71,169 tests for a positivity rate of 4.67%, the lowest in 2021 so far. The positivity rate is averaging 5.79% for the past seven days compared to 6.39% for the preceding seven. 388 patients in ICU (+3), and a total of 1,657 hospital beds in use (+185 for the week).
01-15-2021, 01:22 PM
10-day averages for key regions in Ontario, plus the weekly trend as of 2021-01-15 (posting this every two days).
01-15-2021, 03:39 PM
FRIDAY 2021-01-15
Waterloo Region reported 133 new cases today (12.1% of the active cases); 1,079 new cases for the week (-9), averaging 14.7% of active cases. 1,047 active cases, +94 in the last seven days. Ontario reported 2,998 new cases today with a seven-day average of 3,273 (-115). 3,380 recoveries and 100 deaths (54 from today, 46 from unspecified earlier periods) translated to a drop of 482 active cases and a new total of 28,825. +622 active cases for the week and 407 deaths (58 per day), or 361 (52/day) net of the 46-death correction. A record high of 76,472 tests for a positivity rate of 3.92%. The positivity rate is averaging 5.59% for the past seven days compared to 6.65% for the preceding seven. 387 patients in ICU (-1), and a total of 1,647 hospital beds in use (+201 for the week).
01-16-2021, 02:53 PM
SATURDAY 2021-01-16
Waterloo Region reported 108 new cases today (10.2% of the active cases) plus six more for yesterday; 1,017 new cases for the week (-62), averaging 13.6% of active cases. 1,025 active cases, -16 in the last seven days. Ontario reported 3,056 new cases today with a seven-day average of 3,218 (-55). 3,212 recoveries and 51 deaths translated to a drop of 207 active cases and a new total of 28,618. -73 active cases for the week and 418 deaths (60 per day). 73,875 tests for a positivity rate of 4.14%. The positivity rate is averaging 5.51% for the past seven days compared to 6.54% for the preceding seven. 397 patients in ICU (+10), and a total of 1,632 hospital beds in use (+175 for the week).
01-17-2021, 02:39 PM
10-day averages for key regions in Ontario, plus the weekly trend as of 2021-01-17 (posting this every two days).
01-17-2021, 02:49 PM
SUNDAY 2021-01-17
Waterloo Region reported 79 new cases today (7.6% of the active cases) plus 17 more for yesterday; 947 new cases for the week (-70), averaging 12.6% of active cases. 965 active cases, -139 in the last seven days. Ontario reported 3,422 new cases today with a seven-day average of 3,143 (-75). 3,078 recoveries and 69 deaths translated to an increase of 275 active cases and a new total of 28,893. -1,186 active cases for the week and 426 deaths (61 per day). 60,183 tests for a positivity rate of 5.69%. The positivity rate is averaging 5.41% for the past seven days compared to 6.59% for the preceding seven. 395 patients in ICU (-2).
01-17-2021, 02:54 PM
Any interest in aggregating the vaccination stats?
They are available here https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/752ce2b7..._doses.csv The province passed 200k Doses today. 
01-17-2021, 03:17 PM
That's a pathetic amount of vaccinations done. Israel did close to 150'000'000 in 3 weeks...
01-17-2021, 04:17 PM
(01-17-2021, 03:17 PM)ac3r Wrote: That's a pathetic amount of vaccinations done. Israel did close to 150'000'000 in 3 weeks... 150M? For a population of less than 10M? Maybe that's one zero too many? Anyway, Israel is a bit of a special case. US (which also has state-controlled health care) is probably a better point of comparison.
01-17-2021, 04:51 PM
(01-17-2021, 04:17 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(01-17-2021, 03:17 PM)ac3r Wrote: That's a pathetic amount of vaccinations done. Israel did close to 150'000'000 in 3 weeks... I agree Israel is an outlier. I would like it if we aimed higher than the failed state that is the USA though.
01-17-2021, 08:40 PM
Oops, typo yeah. But still, they've done a lot better job than we have. I know our geography impacts things to an extent, but still, the vast majority of Canadians live in developed urban areas. We could be doing a lot better than we are.
01-17-2021, 09:31 PM
(01-17-2021, 08:40 PM)ac3r Wrote: Oops, typo yeah. But still, they've done a lot better job than we have. I know our geography impacts things to an extent, but still, the vast majority of Canadians live in developed urban areas. We could be doing a lot better than we are. A small, compact country (less than half the area of Nova Scotia), with a single-level government and super-high emergency preparedness. This is not at all like our country or society -- just as we are not like Taiwan. As of yesterday, they had inoculated about 20% of their population* with the first dose, which is indeed a lot, about 2M people. They got additional supplies of the vaccine by basically signing the entire country up to be part of an extended trial for BioNTech/WHO. While there have been some fits and starts to the provincial vaccination programs, the primary limiting factor for us is the vaccina availability. While we have signed up for hundreds of millions of doses, only BioNTech and Moderna have been approved, and we need to wait for them to deliver vaccines to us. Where do you see the big gap? Are the provinces not vaccinating, and the stocks are piling up? Or is the federal government not accepting available deliveries of the vaccine? * That, of course, doesn't include the 4.5M Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied territories, whom Israel doesn't consider their responsibility to vaccinate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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