Updated Surveillance Metrics and History of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-2023) in Canada: Longitudinal Trend Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study provides an update on the status of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, building upon our initial analysis conducted in 2020 by incorporating an additional 2 years of data.

Objective

This study aims to (1) summarize the status of the pandemic in Canada when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the public health emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic on May 5, 2023; (2) use dynamic and genomic surveillance methods to describe the history of the pandemic in Canada and situate the window of the WHO declaration within the broader history; and (3) provide historical context for the course of the pandemic in Canada.

Methods

This longitudinal study analyzed trends in traditional surveillance data and dynamic panel estimates for COVID-19 tra

SUBMITTER: Wu SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11659694 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature