03-24-2020, 07:22 PM
(03-24-2020, 07:02 PM)panamaniac Wrote:(03-24-2020, 04:01 PM)tomh009 Wrote: Another 385 cases (confirmed + presumed) in Quebec today. It seems things are getting a bit out of hand there.
Or they're getting their test results back more quickly.
They changed their methodology yesterday to not require verification of hospital tests at the central Quebec lab, that's why there was a big jump yesterday: they reported all the positive test results from hospitals that were waiting for central lab confirmation. Could it be that they cleared only half the backlog yesterday? It's possible but sounds unlikely.
But let's see what tomorrow brings, whether it's back to the usual number or 3-400 positives again. I don't see any obvious reason why Quebec should be that much worse than Ontario (nearly twice the cases but just over half the population).