Hospitalizations rise to 276 from 273
B.C. health officials reported 276 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Wednesday, including 43 in intensive care, as the province recorded six more deaths from the disease and 291 new cases.
The new numbers represent an increase of three COVID-19 patients hospitalized within the last 24 hours, and three fewer patients in the ICU.
Overall hospitalizations, which typically lag behind spikes and dips in new cases, are up by seven per cent from last Wednesday when 258 people were in hospital with the disease and down about 47 per cent from a month ago when 523 people were in hospital.
The number of patients in intensive care is down by about 12 per cent from 49 a week ago and down by 48 per cent from a month ago, when 83 people were in the ICU.
As of Wednesday, 6.9 per cent of COVID-19 tests in B.C. are coming back positive, according to the province’s COVID-19 dashboard. The number had been above 20 per cent though most of January but began to fall in February, along with hospitalizations.Test positivity bottomed out earlier this month at 5.6 per cent, but has been slowly creeping back up since Mar. 21.
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