11 more people die of COVID-19 in B.C., as 768 new cases confirmed
CBC
B.C. health officials announced 768 new cases of COVID-19 and 11 more deaths on Friday.
In a written statement, the province said there are currently 6,031 active cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus in B.C.
A total of 298 people are in hospital, with 135 in intensive care.
Overall hospitalizations, which typically lag behind spikes and dips in new cases, are up by six per cent from last Friday, when 281 people were in hospital with the disease and about 168 per cent from a month ago when 111 people were in hospital.
The regional breakdown of new cases is as follows:
The number of patients in intensive care has remained the same from 135 a week ago but has gone up by 164 per cent from a month ago when 51 people were in the ICU.
The provincial death toll from the disease is now 1,888 lives lost out of 177,954 confirmed cases to date.
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