B.C. announces 18 more COVID-19 deaths as hospitalizations fall
CTV
A day after B.C. reported no new COVID-19-related deaths for the first time in weeks, the province announced 18 on Wednesday.
A day after B.C. reported no new COVID-19-related deaths for the first time in weeks, the province announced 18 on Wednesday.
The latest deaths mean the province has seen 2,725 deaths attributed to the coronavirus since the pandemic began.
Over the last seven days - even with zero deaths reported on Tuesday - B.C. has seen an average of 11.7 COVID-19-related deaths per day.
As of Wednesday, there were 893 COVID-19-positive patients in hospital, a total that includes both those who are sick enough from the coronavirus to require hospitalization and those who were admitted to hospital for other reasons and tested positive incidentally.
Of the total, 143 COVID-19 patients are in intensive care units in B.C.
Both the number of hospitalizations and the number of patients in ICUs declined between Tuesday and Wednesday. The latter dropped only slightly, from 146 to 143.
The total number of hospitalizations dropped dramatically, however. On Tuesday, B.C. reported 986 test-positive patients in hospital.
