Template talk:COVID-19 pandemic data/Canada medical cases

Quebec

Sorry, I don't understand how to add the ref for today's jump to 35 confirmed cases in Quebec but it's at: https://www.quebec.ca/sante/problemes-de-sante/a-z/coronavirus-2019/#c46333 Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:27, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject COVID-19

I've created WikiProject COVID-19 as a temporary or permanent WikiProject and invite editors to use this space for discussing ways to improve coverage of the ongoing 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. Please bring your ideas to the project/talk page. Stay safe, --Another Believer _(Talk) 18:19, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 March 2020

Cases in Quebec now at 74 total 76.69.250.66 (talk) 22:21, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

The template has been updated to this. RudolfRed (talk) 00:09, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Edit request - Ontario March 18th is wrong

Total is now 211, not 205. The 205 is the number of *active* cases; there are 5 recoveries and 1 death as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.46.25.140 (talk) 16:57, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 March 2020

The Quebec link is missing. Could you add the link article titled "2020 coronavirus pandemic in Quebec" on both links that has has "QC" was unlinked. Thanks. 2001:569:74D2:A800:C955:CE75:3DDA:DC2A (talk) 23:59, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Recoveries

Today this template says that there have been a cumulative total of eleven recoveries, the same as eight days ago. That would mean that in eight days not one single person in Canada has recovered (as opposed to the eleven people who recovered before March 13. Surely that is not what sources say. If we don't know the number of cases recovered since March 12, we shouldn't present the March 12 data as if it is March 19 data. Noel S McFerran (talk) 23:48, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

References

Thank you to everybody who is helping to fill out this table. Just a friendly reminder to add sources in the Sources column every day when there are deaths or other important events in order to keep the integrity of the data. Furthermore, I know this is tedious, but if you update a provincial number you have to update the access date in that province's reference. Right now we have March 23 data for Ontario that was retrieved on March 20. Thank you. -- Kndimov (talk) 15:47, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi everyone, please read the above. We cannot have data from March 25th retrieved on March 16 like we do with BC. -- Kndimov (talk) 13:56, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Alberta update for March 23, from video(only): Total now 301.

To hear the number in this video, you have to shove the video curser all the way left. Layzeeboi (talk) 22:17, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

BC numbers

The BC numbers from the 24th, which were announced as broken up between two dates, should all be listed under the 24th. This is because this template shows how many cases had been reported as confirmed on a given date. Thus, the number for March 23 shows how many cases had been reported as confirmed on the 23rd. Other than this one instance, we don't have any data for when confirmed cases actually happened other than when they were reported. Surely, ON's 100 cases reported at 10:30 am today didn't all happen between midnight and 10:30 am, but they were all reported today so they're listed today. For the sake of consistency, we shouldn't change the way we display the data for this once instance in British Columbia. This is how every nation's COVID article has been displaying this data, as it is the only consist way to do so.UmpireRay (talk) 16:13, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Footnote overload

Considering that this table is going to continue to grow for some time, I have to ask, are notes 2, 4, 6 and 7 even necessary in this table? These are pretty mundane announcements overall, and these footnotes do not add clarity to the table. I might suggest that we restrict such notes to entries where a reader would be likely to have questions - such as when a day has a negative count or to explain why Quebec suddenly jumped so high so fast. Resolute 23:26, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

I concur. I will remove those footnotes.UmpireRay (talk) 16:30, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 March 2020

Nova Scotia confirms 20 new cases of Covid-19 today March 31, 2020 bringing the total number of cases to 147.BonnieSamson (talk) 17:08, 31 March 2020 (UTC)Bonnie Samson NP BonnieSamson (talk) 17:08, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

 Already done Mdaniels5757 (talk) 00:09, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 April 2020

The totals for April 3 needs updating 2607:FEA8:C31F:D2B0:E8B6:F486:17B3:4665 (talk) 21:01, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

 Note: Appears to be done if not please open a new request and mention the specific changes you would like made in a "change X to Y" format and link to a reliable source. Alucard 16_{❯❯❯ chat?} 04:12, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 April 2020

Please update the cumulative totals for the provinces. The calculation does not include the provincial totals for April 4 2607:FEA8:C31F:D2B0:599F:2CFE:6325:64A6 (talk) 12:27, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

 Note: Appears to be done if not please open a new request and mention the specific changes you would like made in a "change X to Y" format and link to a reliable source. Alucard 16_{❯❯❯ chat?} 04:13, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 April 2020

The total number of cases reported for Ontario is off by 375. It should total 3630, but the April 4th data doesn't appear to have been included for the total. 74.127.200.14 (talk) 14:14, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

 Note: Appears to be done if not please open a new request and mention the specific changes you would like made in a "change X to Y" format and link to a reliable source. Alucard 16_{❯❯❯ chat?} 04:14, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 April 2020 for Alberta data

Change Alberta April 5 data from (blank) to 69 Ramalex (talk) 22:42, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

References

 Done by any user.--MrJaroslavik (talk) 20:58, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 April 2020

Change April 11th Total new cases to 1170, from 1070. The currant summation is incorrect. 24.212.204.227 (talk) 21:12, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

 DoneUmpireRay (talk) 13:59, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 April 2020

Please update the Prince Edward Island column to include the case reported on April 15, 2020. 2607:FEA8:C31F:D2B0:2946:C4AE:16F6:3FA2 (talk) 09:12, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

 DoneUmpireRay (talk) 13:59, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 April 2020

I believe that when you tried to edit the numbers for April 15, 2020 for PEI you updated New Brunswick by mistake. 2607:FEA8:C31F:D2B0:C038:1BDE:FD2D:3AC8 (talk) 09:48, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

 DoneUmpireRay (talk) 13:59, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Provincial & Canada totals correction request - May 1st

I do not know where the error occurred but the total number of cases for 3 provinces does not match the official government totals. In addition, the total number of cases and deaths for Canada is not correct.

Sourced from https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.html?topic=tilelink

Summary of corrections requested:

• Manitoba

Total cases should be 279

In addition, it seems that the 11 presumptive cases has been there a while. Where is the number of presumptive cases sourced from because the Gov of Manitoba site does not list these. IMHO, presumptive cases is not a meaningful stat.

• Ontario

Total cases should be 16,187

• Quebec

Total cases should be 28,648

• Canada

Total cases should be 55,061

Total deaths should be 3,391

These corrections will also impact the other totals in the table. Thank You Jcharest57 (talk) 12:45, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

The 11 presumptive cases does come from the Manitoba government's site, here: https://www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/updates/data.html

With respect to Ontario, May 1st's total is 16,608 per the Ontario government. You are right about Quebec, and I have edited accordingly. Thanks for the corrections. UmpireRay (talk) 13:41, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 May 2020

Can you change the total deaths from 5993 to 4993 to match the source? 173.176.119.221 (talk) 12:05, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

 Done I fixed it as it is apparently a typo. RandomCanadian (talk | contribs) 14:51, 12 May 2020 (UTC) Struck banned sock comments. PKIhistory (talk) 01:30, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 May 2020

Can someone change the total number of cases to match the cumulative amount above from 68,981 to 69,981 as of May 11

and could they add in the stats for May 12 too? 173.176.119.221 (talk) 00:58, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

 Done Fixed. Have you considered getting an account? RandomCanadian (talk | contribs) 03:18, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 May 2020

Could someone update the table with yesterdays and today's data? 173.176.119.221 (talk) 23:36, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: It will be surely be done, but this doesn't require an edit request, unless you collect the data yourself and format it appropriately so it can be added to the page without having to mess about too much. RandomCanadian (talk | contribs) 23:55, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 June 2020

Nova Scotia total cases is incorrect. 1057 as of today. May 31 should be 0 cases. I think perhaps NS and NB have been transposed that day. 24.224.194.180 (talk) 15:13, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Agreed. I fixed this 4 hours ago. Jmdyck (talk) 17:38, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

My error. Sorry for that. Thanks to User:Jmdyck for correcting. Jcharest57 (talk) 14:09, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 June 2020

117.230.184.193 (talk) 11:29, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. TheImaCow (talk) 12:25, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Totals for provinces, daily, recoveries, deaths, active

📊 To other active editors (@Jcharest57, UmpireRay, Jmdyck, and Kobalt22, and others): how are you managing the data in this table? I created a Google spreadsheet and use totals from there after filling out daily data, and it helps find inconsistencies. If anyone else would like access to this sheet, please email me. Thanks! // sikander { talk } 🦖 15:15, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

I have my own spreadsheet. The issue is with the daily increments, especially for recovered cases. It changes frequently. The recoveries increment on Jul 17 was reported to be 23,851, and this is what I had determined as well. The value was later changed to 23,787. No idea how that was determined. Jcharest57 (talk) 22:08, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

@Jcharest57: Ah OK, got it. Also, I agree that the recoveries and deaths are difficult to parse because they're not broken down by province. Is it possible to create hidden columns here on Wiki? That can help track the data and figure out why numbers are changing. // sikander { talk } 🦖 01:56, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

@Sikander: I have a spreadsheet that's just taking the data by province as reported by the CTV tracker. @Jcharest57: is right to point out that the increments can be inconsistent especially with recoveries. In that case, I think it's best to use the tracking from a single reliable source (I'm not wedded to CTV's tracker but it's the best I've seen) rather than our own individual tallies. Adding additional tables for deaths and recoveries by province (the US equivalent to this template also has a death by state table) I think could be wise so the data is easier to track. If we go down that route, I think we should backfill using the data from the CTV tracker so we are all consistent and using the same reliable source. UmpireRay (talk) 20:05, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

@UmpireRay: That's great and looks like everyone is using their own spreadsheet, definitely is easiest to track that way. I didn't know of the CTV tracker and it looks very detailed and useful. Can we add hidden columns to the table here on Wiki? If we can, then adding deaths/recoveries per province will make it so much easier to track. // sikander { talk } 🦖 14:52, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

@Sikander: I wrote programs to download the wikitext, parse it, extract the data, and check it for internal consistency. I also did this for the other wikipages in this area, and I check for discrepancies between the different datasets, though some differences are to be expected since they're based on different sources. It's frustrating that although all these tables and graphs are essentially just different views of the same underlying dataset, there's nothing to ensure that they stay coherent. In my dream world, there would be one page (or set of pages) that supplied all the necessary data (in some format that was easy to check, update, and parse), and then all the different tables and graphs would be automatically generated from that data. (This might also help with the PEIS problems, because the wikitext for the graphs in particular is ridiculously repetitive.) However, I'm doubtful that that could actually happen at this point. Jmdyck (talk) 00:25, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

@Jmdyck: That's excellent, and yes unfortunately it will be difficult to get everyone to adopt a new setup. // sikander { talk } 🦖 00:43, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

2020 Summary row

Added column titles to 2020 summary row for better readability. I hope this does not break any parsing/updating scripts. // sikander { talk } 🦖 14:28, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 June 2021

Please review and correct figures for Nova Scoita. Over one third of entries for this month alone are incorrect. Given the high rate of errors, it might be prudent to check other provinces for accuracy too. https://novascotia.ca/news/search/?dept=180 24.224.194.180 (talk) 12:08, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Queenofconfusion (talk) 02:35, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Marked as answered 02:56, 6 July 2021 (UTC). — TGHL ↗ 🍁