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Here's how B.C. is changing the data it releases about COVID-19
B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry speaks during a news conference on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (CTV) B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry speaks during a news conference on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (CTV)
Ian Holliday
CTVNewsVancouver.ca Reporter
Published Feb. 9, 2022 6:55 p.m. EST
British Columbia is changing which data it releases about COVID-19 in its daily reports on the pandemic, the province's top doctor announced Wednesday.
In the coming days, the province will stop reporting numbers for "active cases" and "recoveries" in its daily pandemic updates and on the B.C. Centre for Disease Control dashboard, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said.
Henry described the change as yet another byproduct of the way the province's response to COVID-19 has adapted due to the Omicron variant.
"We'll be modifying our surveillance reports and looking at what are the important things that we need to monitor and what is the time frame that we need to monitor those in?" the provincial health officer said...
Here's how B.C. is changing the data it releases about COVID-19
B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry speaks during a news conference on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (CTV) B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry speaks during a news conference on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (CTV)
Ian Holliday
CTVNewsVancouver.ca Reporter
Published Feb. 9, 2022 6:55 p.m. EST
British Columbia is changing which data it releases about COVID-19 in its daily reports on the pandemic, the province's top doctor announced Wednesday.
In the coming days, the province will stop reporting numbers for "active cases" and "recoveries" in its daily pandemic updates and on the B.C. Centre for Disease Control dashboard, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said.
Henry described the change as yet another byproduct of the way the province's response to COVID-19 has adapted due to the Omicron variant.
"We'll be modifying our surveillance reports and looking at what are the important things that we need to monitor and what is the time frame that we need to monitor those in?" the provincial health officer said...