Posts: 10,275
Threads: 65
Joined: Sep 2014
Reputation:
296
TUESDAY 2020-09-22
Waterloo Region reported fifteen new cases for today (10.6% of the active cases) -- plus fifteen more for yesterday, bringing yesterday's total to 22. 101 new cases for the week (+21), averaging 12.9% of active cases. 142 active cases (+70 in the last seven days).
An average of 954 tests/day for the last seven days, with the positivity rate way up to 1.53% -- the August average was 0.50%.
Ontario reported 478 new cases today with a seven-day average of 383, still going up fast. 196 recoveries and three deaths translated to an increase of 279 active cases and a current total of 3,578. A weekly total change of +1,421 active cases. 34,201 tests for a 1.40% positivity rate. The positivity rate is averaging 1.11% for the past seven days.
The new cases are 13.4% of the number of active cases, averaging 13.3% over the past seven days.
ICU patient count is at 24 (+2).
- 153 cases in Toronto: 4.9 per 100K population
- 95 cases in Peel: 9.5 per 100K
- 90 cases in Ottawa: 9.0 per 100K
- 27 cases in York: 2.4 per 100K
- 27 cases in Waterloo: 4.1 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
- 16 cases in Durham: 2.2 per 100K
- 12 cases in Halton: 2.0 per 100K
- 12 cases in Hamilton: 1.7 per 100K
- 12 cases in Middlesex-London: 2.5 per 100K
GTA and Ottawa are terrible but Waterloo apparently does not want to get left behind, either.
Posts: 10,275
Threads: 65
Joined: Sep 2014
Reputation:
296
I'll additionally note that we are now only about 1,200 cases below the all-time high number of active cases, from late April. And at the current pace we'll exceed that number within four weeks.
Hospitalizations are thankfully far lower at this point but they, too, are going up.
Posts: 7,580
Threads: 36
Joined: Jun 2016
Reputation:
196
(09-22-2020, 11:50 AM)tomh009 Wrote: TUESDAY 2020-09-22
Waterloo Region reported fifteen new cases for today (10.6% of the active cases) -- plus fifteen more for yesterday, bringing yesterday's total to 22. 101 new cases for the week (+21), averaging 12.9% of active cases. 142 active cases (+70 in the last seven days).
An average of 954 tests/day for the last seven days, with the positivity rate way up to 1.53% -- the August average was 0.50%.
Ontario reported 478 new cases today with a seven-day average of 383, still going up fast. 196 recoveries and three deaths translated to an increase of 279 active cases and a current total of 3,578. A weekly total change of +1,421 active cases. 34,201 tests for a 1.40% positivity rate. The positivity rate is averaging 1.11% for the past seven days.
The new cases are 13.4% of the number of active cases, averaging 13.3% over the past seven days.
ICU patient count is at 24 (+2).
- 153 cases in Toronto: 4.9 per 100K population
- 95 cases in Peel: 9.5 per 100K
- 90 cases in Ottawa: 9.0 per 100K
- 27 cases in York: 2.4 per 100K
- 27 cases in Waterloo: 4.1 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
- 16 cases in Durham: 2.2 per 100K
- 12 cases in Halton: 2.0 per 100K
- 12 cases in Hamilton: 1.7 per 100K
- 12 cases in Middlesex-London: 2.5 per 100K
GTA and Ottawa are terrible but Waterloo apparently does not want to get left behind, either.
Do you have any idea why Waterloo region is consistently missreporting numbers? I mean, the numbers today will almost certainly be updated tomorrow...
This makes no sense though, unless they are literally incapable of performing addition and they are adding it up wrong every day, the numbers that come today should be counted for today, not yesterday.
Posts: 10,275
Threads: 65
Joined: Sep 2014
Reputation:
296
(09-22-2020, 12:59 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: (09-22-2020, 11:50 AM)tomh009 Wrote: TUESDAY 2020-09-21
Waterloo Region reported fifteen new cases for today (10.6% of the active cases) -- plus fifteen more for yesterday, bringing yesterday's total to 22. 101 new cases for the week (+21), averaging 12.9% of active cases. 142 active cases (+70 in the last seven days).
Do you have any idea why Waterloo region is consistently missreporting numbers? I mean, the numbers today will almost certainly be updated tomorrow...
This makes no sense though, unless they are literally incapable of performing addition and they are adding it up wrong every day, the numbers that come today should be counted for today, not yesterday.
Apparently their daily report is based on data from 5:30 PM the previous day, but recently they have often been getting additional cases reported later than that. I assume some human is collating the numbers at 5:30 PM, before going home, otherwise it should be easy to use the numbers as of midnight.
Posts: 1,701
Threads: 3
Joined: Oct 2014
Reputation:
128
I wonder if there is any correlation that our numbers are going up with the return of out of town students ?
Posts: 7,580
Threads: 36
Joined: Jun 2016
Reputation:
196
(09-22-2020, 03:07 PM)tomh009 Wrote: (09-22-2020, 12:59 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Do you have any idea why Waterloo region is consistently missreporting numbers? I mean, the numbers today will almost certainly be updated tomorrow...
This makes no sense though, unless they are literally incapable of performing addition and they are adding it up wrong every day, the numbers that come today should be counted for today, not yesterday.
Apparently their daily report is based on data from 5:30 PM the previous day, but recently they have often been getting additional cases reported later than that. I assume some human is collating the numbers at 5:30 PM, before going home, otherwise it should be easy to use the numbers as of midnight.
So, leaving aside the fact that it is a manual process (it shouldn't be), they should either define "day" to be 5:30 PM -> 5:30 PM the next day, OR collect the numbers at 9 AM the next morning for the previous day.
The current process is pessimal, creating the most confusion for the least benefit.
Who do I tweet that at? 
Posts: 10,275
Threads: 65
Joined: Sep 2014
Reputation:
296
Yeah, I agree. But the best thing is to focus on the seven-day numbers anyway, to avoid the day-to-day variation.
Posts: 181
Threads: 6
Joined: Feb 2018
Reputation:
38
I cycle past the Glasgow testing centre twice a day (to and from work) and am seeing the 'closed/full capacity' sign out rather often - both on my way in and home from work today for example.
Posts: 3,829
Threads: 62
Joined: Jul 2015
Reputation:
192
Seems like it's full again. A Reddit post has someone saying they got there at about 5AM yesterday and were sent away by 7AM as it was already full. Then they went back today at 4AM and were again kicked out as it was full. Police had to be called in to control the roads due to all of the cars.
Posts: 2,865
Threads: 3
Joined: Mar 2015
Reputation:
95
09-23-2020, 11:18 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-23-2020, 11:18 AM by jeffster.)
I’ll let Tom do the complete summary, but Ontario had 335 new cases, a drop from 478 yesterday, and the Region of Waterloo dropped to 13 new cases from 27.
Hopefully this trend continues.
Posts: 6,469
Threads: 38
Joined: Aug 2014
Reputation:
85
Not to be pedantic, but a one day change does not represent a "trend".
Posts: 10,275
Threads: 65
Joined: Sep 2014
Reputation:
296
WEDNESDAY 2020-09-23
Waterloo Region reported 16 new cases for today (10.7% of the active cases) -- plus (only!) one more for yesterday, bringing yesterday's total also to 16. 115 new cases for the week (+14), averaging 14.0% of active cases. 150 active cases (+75 in the last seven days).
Next testing data will be reported on Friday.
Ontario reported 335 new cases today with a seven-day average of 386, still going up. 258 recoveries and three deaths translated to an increase of 74 active cases and a current total of 3,652. A weekly total change of +1,336 active cases. 35,436 tests for a 0.95% positivity rate. The positivity rate is averaging 1.08% for the past seven days.
The new cases are 9.2% of the number of active cases, averaging 12.7% over the past seven days.
ICU patient count is at 24 (+0). Total hospital population now reported at 88, double what it was in mid-August.
- 102 cases in Toronto: 3.0 per 100K population
- 79 cases in Peel: 7.9 per 100K
- 65 cases in Ottawa: 6.5 per 100K
- 30 cases in York: 2.7 per 100K
- 13 cases in Waterloo: 2.0 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
- 15 cases in Halton: 2.5 per 100K
A big drop in Toronto cases numbers but it's only one day. And Peel is almost as high.
Posts: 10,275
Threads: 65
Joined: Sep 2014
Reputation:
296
(09-23-2020, 11:22 AM)panamaniac Wrote: Not to be pedantic, but a one day change does not represent a "trend".
Quite. It was nice to see the drop but it's only one day. For now, I would be happy if we could just stabilize the new cases around the 400 mark as the first step. We're not there yet, though.
Posts: 581
Threads: 2
Joined: Oct 2017
Reputation:
26
In "Don't be a dick" news, please don't threaten the people administering the tests..
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/verbal-abus...-1.5116915
Posts: 7,580
Threads: 36
Joined: Jun 2016
Reputation:
196
(09-23-2020, 01:46 PM)bgb_ca Wrote: In "Don't be a dick" news, please don't threaten the people administering the tests..
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/verbal-abus...-1.5116915
In a generalization, don't threaten anyone.
|
