COVID-19 hospitalizations up slightly in B.C. after 4-week decline – CBC

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Sep 08, 2022

COVID-19 hospitalizations in B.C. are up slightly after slowly declining for the last four weeks, according to the latest weekly report from the province on Thursday.

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) reported 147 people in hospital, an increase of almost six per cent from the week before. Twenty-two people are currently in critical care due to the virus, down three from last week’s report.

There were 22 deaths reported this week, bringing the total number of people in B.C. who have died due to COVID-related causes since the beginning of the pandemic to 4,183.

The province says its weekly numbers are preliminary, and they are often changed retroactively due to delays in the count and the new way it measures weekly cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

Deaths are now determined by whether they occurred within 30 days of a positive COVID-19 test and whether or not the coronavirus has been confirmed as an underlying cause.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/covid-19-weekly-update-british-columbia-1.6576699