Hospitalizations see first increase in more than a month as B.C. reports 4 more in acute care with COVID-19 – CBC

Hospitalizations increase to 258, 49 people in intensive care

Mar 23, 2022

B.C. health officials reported 258 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Wednesday, including 49 in intensive care, as the province recorded one more death from the disease and 269 new cases.

The new numbers represent an increase of four COVID-19 patients hospitalized within the last 24 hours — the first time there’s been an increase in hospitalizations since Feb. 7 — and one more patient in the ICU.

Overall hospitalizations, which typically lag behind spikes and dips in new cases, are down by 21.5 per cent from last Wednesday, when 329 people were in hospital with the disease and down more than 60.5 per cent from a month ago when 653 people were in hospital.

The number of patients in intensive care is down by about four per cent from 51 a week ago and down by 54.6 per cent from a month ago when 108 people were in the ICU.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/covid-19-update-march-23-1.6395437

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