COVID-19 hospitalizations in B.C. break 1,000 mark for the first time – CBC

138 people are in intensive care with the disease as B.C. records 19 more deaths over 3 days

Jan 31, 2022

For the first time since the pandemic began, the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 in B.C. is more than 1,000.

B.C. health officials reported 1,048 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Monday, including 138 in intensive care, as the province recorded 19 more deaths from the disease and 4,075 new cases over the past three days.

The new numbers represent an increase of 58 COVID-19 patients hospitalized within the last 72 hours, with three fewer patients in the ICU.

Overall hospitalizations, which typically lag behind spikes and dips in new cases, are up by 6.2 per cent from last Monday, when 987 people were in hospital with the disease.

Due to a data reporting change introduced Jan. 14, month-to-month hospitalization comparisons won’t be available again until Feb. 14.

The number of patients in intensive care is up by about seven per cent from 129 a week ago and up by 89 per cent from a month ago when 73 people were in the ICU.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/covid-19-update-jan31-2022-1.6333967