More regions go red in Quebec
Even though numbers of new Covid cases are down for the third day in a row, more regions are going red in the Quebec rating system.
On the weekend, police intervened to stop a gathering of a thousand people in Kiryas Tosh, in Boisbriand. Update: apparently there were people from elsewhere at the event, but it wasn’t organized by the usual community leaders, so police are trying to figure out how it had come about.
Update: Numbers were not actually down. Quebec screwed up the count over the long weekend.
Jonathan 16:13 on 2020-10-13 Permalink
According to the data reported by Health Canada and compiled by this project: https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6, the total number of active cases has dropped over the last week in Quebec. On the provincial level, that means people are recovering faster than becoming infected.
a) I don’t know why we don’t rely on total active cases as an indicator in media
b) It would be good to know the total number of active cases by region.
Kate 16:41 on 2020-10-13 Permalink
Maybe there’s no easy way to verify those who’ve recovered?
Blork 16:56 on 2020-10-13 Permalink
Bear in mind that testing numbers have been down over the long weekend, so it’s likely to tick upward again soon.
Ephraim 19:30 on 2020-10-13 Permalink
You can, but that means that people have to come back and use another testing kit. And then you need to track that it’s not a new case, so you don’t inflate the numbers.