According to the BC Centers for Disease Control, there were 364 cases in the hospital as of Thursday, including 36 cases in the ICU, a drop of two. The number of hospital cases is now up 43 percent from a 2022 low of 254 on March 22nd.
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The story goes on under the ad As of last Thursday, BC has confirmed another 1,760 new COVID-19 cases, but limited access to PCR tests means that number significantly underestimates the actual number of cases. The province conducted just 29,240 molecular tests last week. According to the new reporting method, BC has also changed the way deaths are counted and now provides data on hospital admissions, but both figures come a week late.
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Officials reported 233 admissions to COVID-19 hospitals this week from April 3 to April 9, three more than the previous week. Of those imports, 108 were in the Fraser Health area, 34 were in the Internal Health area, 14 were in the Northern Health area, 43 were in the Vancouver Coastal Health Area and 34 were on the Island Health Area. Trending Stories
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Officials also recorded 23 dead. The death toll now includes anyone who died in the week of April 3 to April 9 and tested positive for COVID within 30 days. 1:11 BC indicators are at the beginning of the sixth wave COVID-19 BC indicators are at the beginning of the sixth wave COVID-19 BC health officials acknowledge that this number is likely to exceed the number of victims and say they will provide future “retrospective assessments” of the cause of death to better understand true mortality from COVID-19. The story goes on under the ad BC no longer provides information on the total number of first, second and third doses of the vaccine given.
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Monthly BC CDC data continue to show unvaccinated individuals at higher risk of serious outcomes. From March 13 to April 9, per 100,000 population, among the unvaccinated were recorded 45.8 cases in the hospital, 7.9 unvaccinated cases in the ICU and 4.2 deaths, compared to 23.6 cases in the hospital, 3 cases in the ICU and 2.2 deaths in individuals with two or more doses. Last week, the BC Department of Health said it was moving towards a “follow-up” approach to data indicating it reflects other respiratory illnesses such as the flu, which said it was focusing on “detecting significant changes in COVID-19 trends over time”. of time in different parts of the province. “ The story goes on under the ad The change comes as some experts, including the BC COVID-19 modeling team, warn that the province is in the early stages of a sixth pandemic based on the Omicron BA.2 variant, and have requested more comprehensive and timely data updates. Since the pandemic began, British Columbia has reported a total of 359,002 cases, 20,220 hospital admissions and 3,036 deaths. © 2022 Global News, part of Corus Entertainment Inc.
