According to the ‘hazard index’ published by COVID-19 Resources Canada, B.C. has had the highest score across the country for more than a month
New modelling shows British Columbia is the most severely affected province for COVID infections, health care system impact and death in the country.
B.C.’s hazed index score, between May 20 and 26, is 13. “It’s at least two times higher than then we would expect over the course of an entire year.” She said based on data from the UK Health Security Agency, new variants such as BQ.1, BQ.1.1 and XBB.1.5She said these numbers fluctuate. “But generally, we’re still in a situation where we may not be seeing enormous peaks the way we did back in January and March of 2022. But we are still living in a very high endemic period, where there are times when the situation is quite serious, and there are still a lot of people who are dying from COVID, being hospitalized with COVID.
He said governments across the country need to start looking at setting indoor air quality standards. Belgium has done so, he noted. “People assume that things are okay. … And they make decisions accordingly. And that’s how people end up in hospital and dying.”
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