COVID-19 >>"True and Helpful" Covid Information Thread

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Increase / decrease cases for last week vs. previous week  



 (-10,042)  U K

+ 58,740 U S

+ 4,358 Canada

+ 1,393 BC

+ 1,074 Alta

+ 4,325 ON

+ 31,445 Florida

+ 14,758 Texas



Clearly Variants hurt,  Vaccines work (even despite highest % of  variants)

[Anonymous]

Alberta recorded 931 new cases today including 676 new variants of concern..



Alberta has lost over two thousand people to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Alberta will bring in new restrictions over the next seventy two hours..



Some of these will include:



-no indoor dining or coffee shops, but outdoor patios will be allowed

-libraries closed

-personal services like tattoos, massage, and nail salons will be by appointment only

-children's sports cancelled

-foodcourts in malls closed again

-stores and malls are only allowed fifteen per cent fire capacity

[Anonymous]

Brazil has recorded 4211 deaths from COVID-19 in the last twenty four hours.

 

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Van Canucks now have 25 cases   - 21 players, 4 staff .. all  variant



So many people don't realize how this thing can decisively spread among a group from only one person initially infected

[Anonymous]

Van Canucks now have 25 cases   - 21 players, 4 staff .. all  variant



So many people don't realize how this thing can decisively spread among a group from only one person initially infected

The Brazil variant came to Alberta from a visiting worker from BC..



Since then, it has really spread.

[Anonymous]

Alberta reported 1351 new cases today and one death.

[Anonymous]

Alberta reported 1351 new cases today and one death.

It's gone crazy in Alberta. I hope the new restrictions lower the daily count.

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Today was a sudden jump not typical of previous 3 days



Today Alta passed BC on 7 day rolling average, so it's not totally an anomaly



I hope your new regs bring numbers down . . Actually, following several provinces and countries,  I've lost track a bit .. you guys did install new regs??

[Anonymous]

Today was a sudden jump not typical of previous 3 days



Today Alta passed BC on 7 day rolling average, so it's not totally an anomaly



I hope your new regs bring numbers down . . Actually, following several provinces and countries,  I've lost track a bit .. you guys did install new regs??

Yes, we are back to phase one of our reopening plan..



Indoor dining is gone, health club restrictions, lower capacity in stores and malls and some others.

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The only good news for us, you and ON is that deaths are fewer and even with rising cases the overall death / case % has been going down appreciably and steadily for last few weeks



That rate for Canada has also been going down

[Anonymous]

The only good news for us, you and ON is that deaths are fewer and even with rising cases the overall death / case % has been going down appreciably and steadily for last few weeks



That rate for Canada has also been going down

With 7148 cases in Canada yesterday, the number of fatalities was thirty two.

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All large provinces (what I track, so can speak for) are dropping dramatically in death / case % as is Canada as a whole the past month or more

[Anonymous]

All large provinces (what I track, so can speak for) are dropping dramatically in death / case % as is Canada as a whole the past month or more

As most elderly people are vaccinated, the people catching COVID and the variants are much younger now.

[Anonymous]

In a reversal of earlier pandemic trends, Canada is on the verge of matching — perhaps surpassing — the United States in the number of COVID-19 cases relative to its population..



The reason of course is vaccinations.