Four years after the first cases of what was later called COVID-19, infections continue to spread and lead to new cases of long COVID. However,…
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Un adulte canadien sur neuf a eu des symptômes de la COVID longue
About one in nine Canadian adults developed long-term symptoms after contracting COVID-19, according to a new Statistics Canada report.
This represents 3.5 million Canadians, according to the federal agency’s report published on Friday.
Nearly 80% of people with long-term symptoms of COVID-19 have been suffering from it for six months or more, the report says, including 42% for a year or more.
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‘Wave after wave after wave’: Health officials warn high COVID-19 rates could continue
Not enough people are getting vaccinated for COVID-19. That’s according to a Western University professor involved in the Ontario COVID-19 Waste Water Survey Program. “What…
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1 in 9 Canadians have had ‘long COVID’: StatCan
About one in nine Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID-19 infection, according to a Statistics Canada report issued Friday.
That amounts to 3.5 million Canadians, it said.
Almost 80 per cent of those people with long-term symptoms have them for six months or more, the report said.
In addition, more than half of those who ever had long-term symptoms still had them as of June 2023.
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1 in 9 Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID infection: StatCan
Statistics Canada says about one in nine Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID-19 infection.
The report released today says that amounts to 3.5 million Canadians.
Symptoms are defined as long-term if they persist for three months or longer after a COVID-19 infection and they can’t be explained by anything else.
Almost 80 per cent of people with long-term symptoms have them for six months or more.
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B.C. COVID-19 data: Weekly update shows slight increase in hospital population
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in B.C. ticked up slightly this week, but remained well below the early-October high.
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control reported 182 test-positive patients in hospital Thursday, up from 174 at this time last week.
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Ottawa-Gatineau community update | 2023‑12‑06
📈 The COVID-19 wastewater viral signal for Ottawa has increased substantially (+1,916%) since a low on July 12, 2023. It is extremely high.
⚠️ The 7-day average of percent positivity is extremely high (17.74%).
🏥 Confirmed COVID-19 patients in Ottawa hospitals: 156 ( decrease of 4).
In 2023, there have been 124 COVID-19 outbreaks at Ottawa’s hospitals so far, leading to 18 deaths and 995 known cases of COVID-19.
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Low rates of COVID vaccination putting the elderly at risk: medical officer of health
Nearly half of people over 80 in Ottawa have not received the latest COVID-19 vaccine, leaving them at risk for severe outcomes if they become infected, Ottawa’s medical officer of health is warning.
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COVID, flu vaccine uptake low in Alberta heading into holiday season
With vaccination numbers lagging and the holiday season approaching, health experts are calling on Albertans to roll up their sleeves for their flu and COVID-19 shots.
As of Nov. 25, 17 people in Alberta had died of the flu during this respiratory virus season, and close to 500 were hospitalized, according to provincial data. In the same time frame, 245 deaths and almost 2,300 hospitalizations were tied to COVID-19.
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How to stay informed on COVID-19
BC public health has made it too confusing to keep up on COVID-19 information. With the government changing information about COVID-19 data and obscuring data collection, knowingly downplaying risks about transmission, and overall unclear messaging, it’s no wonder people are misinformed.
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Ontario hospital ERs have closed 867 times so far this year, health coalition says
Emergency departments and other hospital services have closed a record number of times in Ontario so far in 2023, according to a new Ontario Health Coalition report being described as “staggering.”
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‘Dramatic’ increases in younger Canadians’ deaths contributed to our reduced life expectancy
Amid a declining life expectancy across the country, new national data released this week show that years on from the beginning of the pandemic, COVID-19…
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COVID-19 shrinks life expectancy in S. Korea for first time since 1970
Babies born in South Korea last year are expected to live 82.7 years, down from 83.6 years in 2021, the statistics agency said on Friday, after life expectancy fell in 2022 for the first time since 1970, hit by a spike in deaths linked to COVID-19.
Following a global trend of such declines over the past few years, the OECD grouping said last month that average life expectancy had dipped 0.7 years across its 39 member nations between 2019 and 2021.
Comments closed📈 The COVID-19 wastewater viral signal for Ottawa has increased substantially (+1,826%) since a low on July 12, 2023. It is extremely high.
⚠️ The 7-day average of percent positivity is extremely high (19.94%).
🏥 Confirmed COVID-19 patients in Ottawa hospitals: 160 ( decrease of 43).
In 2023, there have been 114 COVID-19 outbreaks at Ottawa’s hospitals so far, leading to 18 deaths and 953 known cases of COVID-19.
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COVID-19: Peterborough risk index still high as 1 death, 11 active outbreaks reported
For the fifth consecutive week, the community risk index for COVID-19 for the Peterborough, Ont., region remains at a high level, public health officials report.
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Most Ottawa COVID-19 signals are very high
The city’s COVID-19 numbers to watch are mostly very high, and they are either stable or rising in this week’s Ottawa Public Health (OPH) updates.
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Canadians’ life expectancy falls for third straight year: StatCan
More than 19,700 Canadians died of COVID-19 last year, the highest number since the pandemic began in 2020.
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Sask. flu cases surge as COVID-19 trend remains ‘elevated’
According to Saskatchewan’s latest respiratory illness surveillance report, flu season has descended on the province, with a dramatic spike in confirmed cases.
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