BCCDC integrates COVID-19 data into respiratory diseases platform

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October 13, 2022

The BC Centre of Disease Control is combining surveillance reporting to include influenza, COVID-19 and other respiratory pathogens in one platform to better monitor trends throughout the respiratory season. The platform will replace the map of COVID-19 cases by Local Health Area. Going forward, people will be able to follow data from wastewater, MSP billing for visits to primary care and community health clinics, visits to ERs and laboratory testing results for a greater number of illnesses.

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