IH is reporting 239 new cases since Dec. 24, for a total of 3,749. o 96 cases reported on Dec. 26 (covering two days) o 47 cases reported on Dec. 27 o 44 cases reported on Dec. 28 o 52 cases reported on Dec. 29 623 cases are active and on isolation. Thirty-three people are in hospital; six of them in ICU. Total number of deaths in IH has risen to 28.* o 4 additional […]
Archives for 2020
Dr. Bonnie Henry
Last five days 74 new deaths for a total 882 in the province 238 new cases in IHA 2206 new in BC
A year ender
As 2020 comes to an end I have been asked what I see from the RDOS & Area “C” perspective as difficulties, projects and opportunities as we move forward into 2021. Why not start with the good stuff, opportunities and projects. I view these as the same; an opportunity is nothing if you don’t make […]
Tuesday morning
To be clear, I`m not an advocate of raising taxes to recruit doctors. What I do support and want more information on, is the possibility of establishing a flexible funding model for the *Hospital District, whereby, should the Hospital District chose to allocate some of the existing budget to fund a Primary Care Clinic, there […]
Part three
With thanks to the Okanagan Historical Society
Definitions and explanations
Definition and certification of deaths due to COVID-19 For surveillance purposes, the WHO defines a death due to COVID-19 as a death resulting from a clinically compatible illness, in a probable or confirmed COVID-19 case, unless there is a clear alternative cause of death that cannot be related to COVID disease (e.g. trauma). There should […]
Headline – almost 15T dead from Covid 19 in Canada
A couple of questions: What is the annual death rate 2015-2019 prior to Covid 19 ? How many people, on average, die of the influenza variants each year ? How many people in Canada die of natural causes – old age etc. ? What are the numbers of people who die of so many others […]
by Rick Knodel, RDOS area C director
Sent to his local Area Planning Commission and permission granted to distribute to the public “As this year comes to a close I would like to thank everyone for their service in the Area “C” APC and I hope that as we move to a less personal meeting format that all of you […]