B.C. COVID-19 modelling group says numbers show new COVID-19 wave starting
Posted: Oct. 6, 2022 6:24PMfrom the BC COVID-19 Modelling Group shows yet another wave of the Omicron variant has started.
“So we’re starting to see a resurgence of COVID-19 not because of a new variant,” said group member and UVic physics professor Dean Karlen. “This time, we’re seeing a resurgence because of immunity waning.” Karlen says each day, thousands of British Columbians are losing their immunity because their last vaccination or COVID infection happened so long ago.
Karlen says that based on hospitalization numbers, there are an estimated 6,000 new COVID-19 infections every day with the number starting to climb. And while hospitalizations are considerably lower than the peak of the first Omicron wave in January, they too are climbing higher.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.
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