Thought of the Day - August 16 - By The Numbers

North America, unlike Europe, is not seeing an overall uptick in cases.

While Canada's overall new case figures are falling, the trend in BC is definitely upward.

Here in BC, we are closing in on case rates not seen since April.

The same cannot be said for deaths in North America's COVID-19, at best you can say overall they have plateaued.

Here are some new data figures that reflect post-reopening "return to normal".

First, Canadians are heading back to restaurants.

But after great strides in Q2, otherwise, we have pretty much plateaued in our "return to normal" efforts.

BC heads the pack of major provinces, but due to the resulting increase in cases, restrictions are restarting.

This week's shout-out goes to Ontario who continues to drop their numbers and are now well below the Canadian average. Maybe soon they will even give the "Atlantic Bubble" a run for their money.

Cheers

Cliff