Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange issued the following statement about the respiratory virus dashboard:

“As promised, I’m happy to announce that we are launching our new respiratory virus dashboard.

“This updated dashboard harmonizes the reporting of respiratory virus data, aligning with practices adopted by other provinces.

“Among its new features, the dashboard includes reporting for RSV cases and positivity, with plans to collect severe outcomes data in the near future.  

“The historical data tab, to be populated in the coming days, will provide year-by-year historical data by respiratory virus season.

“Moving forward, the dashboard will be updated every Thursday throughout the respiratory virus season. This season occurs annually, beginning around the end of August.

“For the purposes of data tracking, the 2023-2024 season and data tracking began on Aug. 28 and will continue throughout the fall and into the new year. The data on the page is up to date as of Sept. 23 and will be updated on Oct. 5 with data from Sept. 30.”