B.C. Marks More Than 3 000 Lives Lost To Covid 19

A total of 3,002 lives have now been lost from the 356,858 confirmed cases to date. Officials said 274 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Friday, including 35 in the intensive care unit and 357 new cases. The new figures represent a reduction of seven COVID-19 patients admitted in the last 24 hours, including seven fewer ICU patients. Total hospital admissions, which usually lag behind new cases, are up 5.4% from last Friday, when 260 people were hospitalized with the disease. The number of patients in the intensive care unit decreased by about 30 percent from 50 a week ago. As of Wednesday, 6.9 percent of COVID-19 tests in BC are positive, according to the county COVID-19 control panel. The number was over 20 percent though most of January, but began to decline in February, along with hospitalization. The provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said anything above a five percent test positive is an indicator of a more worrying level of transmission. There are a total of nine active cases in assisted living, long-term and acute care facilities. As of Friday, 90.9 percent of five-year-olds and older in BC had received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 87.4 percent a second dose. A total of 2.67 million people have received the booster dose to date. From March 24 to March 30, those who were not fully vaccinated accounted for 18 percent of cases and from March 17 to March 30, 20.9 percent of hospitalizations, according to the province. Unvaccinated people were more than three times more likely to end up in hospital than fully vaccinated people, he said.

title: “B.C. Marks More Than 3 000 Lives Lost To Covid 19 " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-08” author: “Michael Collazo”

A total of 3,002 lives have now been lost from the 356,858 confirmed cases to date. Officials said 274 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Friday, including 35 in the intensive care unit and 357 new cases. The new figures represent a reduction of seven COVID-19 patients admitted in the last 24 hours, including seven fewer ICU patients. Total hospital admissions, which usually lag behind new cases, are up 5.4% from last Friday, when 260 people were hospitalized with the disease. The number of patients in the intensive care unit decreased by about 30 percent from 50 a week ago. As of Wednesday, 6.9 percent of COVID-19 tests in BC are positive, according to the county COVID-19 control panel. The number was over 20 percent though most of January, but began to decline in February, along with hospitalization. The provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said anything above a five percent test positive is an indicator of a more worrying level of transmission. There are a total of nine active cases in assisted living, long-term and acute care facilities. As of Friday, 90.9 percent of five-year-olds and older in BC had received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 87.4 percent a second dose. A total of 2.67 million people have received the booster dose to date. From March 24 to March 30, those who were not fully vaccinated accounted for 18 percent of cases and from March 17 to March 30, 20.9 percent of hospitalizations, according to the province. Unvaccinated people were more than three times more likely to end up in hospital than fully vaccinated people, he said.