On Thursday, the BC Center for Disease Control shared its latest data on COVID-19, which showed 366 people in hospital — a decrease of about seven per cent — and 22 people in intensive care, the same number as last week. It also reported 24 more deaths from the disease, bringing the total to 4,037. Last week, the total number was reported at 3,995. The government’s weekly numbers, which it says are preliminary, often change retrospectively because of delays in counting and the new way the province counts weekly cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Deaths are now counted based on whether they occurred within 30 days of testing positive for COVID-19, whether or not coronavirus is confirmed as the underlying cause of death. The numbers released Thursday are part of an approach by BC health officials that began in April, in which they switched to weekly reporting of COVID-19 numbers and changed how some metrics are calculated. There were 877 new cases reported as of Aug. 13, a decrease of about 2%, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in B.C. to date at 381,049. The province says it is likely underestimating the true number of cases as more people are testing themselves and there are fewer lab tests. Across the province, positive test rates showed another slight decline to 9.1 per cent for the week ending August 13, down one per cent from the previous week. The District Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said anything above a five percent test positive rate is a general indicator of ongoing transmission in the community. The BC Center for Disease Control says that while there continues to be week-to-week variation, SARS-CoV-2 viral loads in Metro Vancouver’s wastewater generally continue to decline from recent peaks in late June and early July.
UBC researchers identify ‘weak point’ in COVID-19 variants
Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have discovered what they describe as a “weak point” in all major variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 — potentially opening the door to new treatments. In a study published Thursday, the research team said they found a largely stable soft spot — like a dent in the virus’s spike protein armor — that has survived the coronavirus’s mutations to date. They determined that a fragment of a particular antibody could “effectively neutralize” all variants to some extent by exploiting this vulnerability. The scientists said they hope to use the new information to design antibodies capable of exploiting the weak point in all the different variants and mutations of the COVID-19 virus – a so-called “master key” that could help prevent severe infection.
title: “Bc Passes 4 000 Covid 19 Related Deaths As Hospitalizations Fall Slightly Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-03” author: “Holly Zavala”
On Thursday, the BC Center for Disease Control shared its latest data on COVID-19, which showed 366 people in hospital — a decrease of about seven per cent — and 22 people in intensive care, the same number as last week. It also reported 24 more deaths from the disease, bringing the total to 4,037. Last week, the total number was reported at 3,995. The government’s weekly numbers, which it says are preliminary, often change retrospectively because of delays in counting and the new way the province counts weekly cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Deaths are now counted based on whether they occurred within 30 days of testing positive for COVID-19, whether or not coronavirus is confirmed as the underlying cause of death. The numbers released Thursday are part of an approach by BC health officials that began in April, in which they switched to weekly reporting of COVID-19 numbers and changed how some metrics are calculated. There were 877 new cases reported as of Aug. 13, a decrease of about 2%, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in B.C. to date at 381,049. The province says it is likely underestimating the true number of cases as more people are testing themselves and there are fewer lab tests. Across the province, positive test rates showed another slight decline to 9.1 per cent for the week ending August 13, down one per cent from the previous week. The District Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said anything above a five percent test positive rate is a general indicator of ongoing transmission in the community. The BC Center for Disease Control says that while there continues to be week-to-week variation, SARS-CoV-2 viral loads in Metro Vancouver’s wastewater generally continue to decline from recent peaks in late June and early July.
UBC researchers identify ‘weak point’ in COVID-19 variants
Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have discovered what they describe as a “weak point” in all major variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 — potentially opening the door to new treatments. In a study published Thursday, the research team said they found a largely stable soft spot — like a dent in the virus’s spike protein armor — that has survived the coronavirus’s mutations to date. They determined that a fragment of a particular antibody could “effectively neutralize” all variants to some extent by exploiting this vulnerability. The scientists said they hope to use the new information to design antibodies capable of exploiting the weak point in all the different variants and mutations of the COVID-19 virus – a so-called “master key” that could help prevent severe infection.
title: “Bc Passes 4 000 Covid 19 Related Deaths As Hospitalizations Fall Slightly Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-09” author: “Lawrence Chung”
On Thursday, the BC Center for Disease Control shared its latest data on COVID-19, which showed 366 people in hospital — a decrease of about seven per cent — and 22 people in intensive care, the same number as last week. It also reported 24 more deaths from the disease, bringing the total to 4,037. Last week, the total number was reported at 3,995. The government’s weekly numbers, which it says are preliminary, often change retrospectively because of delays in counting and the new way the province counts weekly cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Deaths are now counted based on whether they occurred within 30 days of testing positive for COVID-19, whether or not coronavirus is confirmed as the underlying cause of death. The numbers released Thursday are part of an approach by BC health officials that began in April, in which they switched to weekly reporting of COVID-19 numbers and changed how some metrics are calculated. There were 877 new cases reported as of Aug. 13, a decrease of about 2%, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in B.C. to date at 381,049. The province says it is likely underestimating the true number of cases as more people are testing themselves and there are fewer lab tests. Across the province, positive test rates showed another slight decline to 9.1 per cent for the week ending August 13, down one per cent from the previous week. The District Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said anything above a five percent test positive rate is a general indicator of ongoing transmission in the community. The BC Center for Disease Control says that while there continues to be week-to-week variation, SARS-CoV-2 viral loads in Metro Vancouver’s wastewater generally continue to decline from recent peaks in late June and early July.
UBC researchers identify ‘weak point’ in COVID-19 variants
Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have discovered what they describe as a “weak point” in all major variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 — potentially opening the door to new treatments. In a study published Thursday, the research team said they found a largely stable soft spot — like a dent in the virus’s spike protein armor — that has survived the coronavirus’s mutations to date. They determined that a fragment of a particular antibody could “effectively neutralize” all variants to some extent by exploiting this vulnerability. The scientists said they hope to use the new information to design antibodies capable of exploiting the weak point in all the different variants and mutations of the COVID-19 virus – a so-called “master key” that could help prevent severe infection.
title: “Bc Passes 4 000 Covid 19 Related Deaths As Hospitalizations Fall Slightly Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-03” author: “Ruth Lilley”
On Thursday, the BC Center for Disease Control shared its latest data on COVID-19, which showed 366 people in hospital — a decrease of about seven per cent — and 22 people in intensive care, the same number as last week. It also reported 24 more deaths from the disease, bringing the total to 4,037. Last week, the total number was reported at 3,995. The government’s weekly numbers, which it says are preliminary, often change retrospectively because of delays in counting and the new way the province counts weekly cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Deaths are now counted based on whether they occurred within 30 days of testing positive for COVID-19, whether or not coronavirus is confirmed as the underlying cause of death. The numbers released Thursday are part of an approach by BC health officials that began in April, in which they switched to weekly reporting of COVID-19 numbers and changed how some metrics are calculated. There were 877 new cases reported as of Aug. 13, a decrease of about 2%, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in B.C. to date at 381,049. The province says it is likely underestimating the true number of cases as more people are testing themselves and there are fewer lab tests. Across the province, positive test rates showed another slight decline to 9.1 per cent for the week ending August 13, down one per cent from the previous week. The District Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said anything above a five percent test positive rate is a general indicator of ongoing transmission in the community. The BC Center for Disease Control says that while there continues to be week-to-week variation, SARS-CoV-2 viral loads in Metro Vancouver’s wastewater generally continue to decline from recent peaks in late June and early July.
UBC researchers identify ‘weak point’ in COVID-19 variants
Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have discovered what they describe as a “weak point” in all major variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 — potentially opening the door to new treatments. In a study published Thursday, the research team said they found a largely stable soft spot — like a dent in the virus’s spike protein armor — that has survived the coronavirus’s mutations to date. They determined that a fragment of a particular antibody could “effectively neutralize” all variants to some extent by exploiting this vulnerability. The scientists said they hope to use the new information to design antibodies capable of exploiting the weak point in all the different variants and mutations of the COVID-19 virus – a so-called “master key” that could help prevent severe infection.
