British Columbia has seen an increase of 85 cases of COVID-19 in hospital and nine in intensive care in the last week.
According to the BC Centers for Disease Control, there were 570 cases in hospital and 47 cases in critical or intensive care as of Thursday.
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The figures represent a 17.5% increase in hospitalizations and a 23.6% increase in intensive care units in the previous week.
Thursday’s update also confirmed 2,276 new cases last week. However, only 26,872 PCR tests were conducted during this period, which means that the figure is probably significantly lower in the prevalence of the virus.
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The new British Columbia weekly reporting regime also provides information on hospital admissions, albeit with a one-week delay.
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According to the BCCDC, 335 people were admitted to hospital with COVID-19 between April 17 and April 23.
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Of these, 150 were in Fraser’s health authority, 65 were in the Homeland Health Authority, 20 were in the Northern Health Authority, 58 were in the Vancouver Health Authority, and 62 were in the Vancouver Health Authority.
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The BCCDC says the number of hospital admissions is expected to rise as it collects more data – for example, the total number of admissions across the province, originally reported last week, has since been revised to 300 out of 238.
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Authorities also registered 42 deaths in the past week.
However, BC now reports deaths to anyone who tested positive for COVID-19 in the past month, which officials acknowledge will overestimate the deaths.
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BCCDC monthly data continue to show unvaccinated people at higher risk of severe outcomes.
From 27 March to 23 April, there were 47.6 cases of unvaccinated people per 100,000 population in hospitals, 7.8 unvaccinated cases in the intensive care unit and 4.9 deaths, compared with 21.7 cases in hospitals, 2 , 9 cases in the intensive care unit and 3.1 deaths among people with three. doses.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, British Columbia has reported a total of 363,302 cases and 3,147 deaths.
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