COVID-19 update: B.C. adds 813 cases, 11 deaths

British Columbia has recorded another 813 cases of COVID-19 and 11 related deaths, the province said Wednesday.

British Columbia has recorded another 813 cases of COVID-19 and 11 related deaths, the province said Wednesday.

The latest numbers, provided in a written statement from the Ministry of Health, pushed the province's seven-day average for coronavirus cases to 754 per day, the highest it's been since May 4.

B.C.'s seven-day average for deaths also increased to 6.14 per day, the highest its been since Feb. 14.

The number of infectious COVID-19 patients in hospital also increased to 340, up from 316 on Tuesday, with 146 of them in intensive care.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced this week that the government will start routinely publicizing the number of patients who remain in hospital, but are excluded from the COVID-19 totals because they are no longer infectious – though that number will only be published once per week.

Health Minister Adrian Dix tweeted numbers showing that 83 per cent of ICU patients are unvaccinated, including all 18 of them who are under the age of 40.

Between Sept. 14 and 27, 438 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 across the province, and about 73 per cent were unvaccinated.