Slight decline in COVID-19 patients in B.C. hospitals as bivalent vaccine rollout begins – CTV
Sept. 16, 2022
There were 314 test-positive COVID-19 patients in B.C. hospitals as of Thursday, a slight decline from the previous week’s total, but comparable to the levels of hospitalization seen for the last three weeks.
The latest decline was driven by decreasing hospital populations in Fraser Health and Interior Health, but offset by jumps in the Vancouver Coastal, Island and Northern health authorities.
Weekly hospitalization totals include both patients with severe cases of COVID-19 requiring hospital care and those who are admitted to hospital for other reasons and test positive incidentally.
Since the province began using this “hospital census” method for counting COVID-19 patients, there have been as many as 985 people in B.C. hospitals on a Thursday, and as few as 255.
