28 more deaths from COVID-19 in B.C. as 2,090 new cases confirmed over Thanksgiving weekend
CBC
British Columbia has announced 2,090 new cases of COVID-19 and 28 more deaths over the Thanksgiving weekend.
The breakdown of new cases of the past four days are as follows:
In a written statement, the provincial government said there are currently 5,183 active cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus in B.C.
A total of 357 people are in hospital, with 153 in intensive care.
Overall hospitalizations, which typically lag behind spikes and dips in new cases, are up by 3.5 per cent from last Tuesday, when 345 people were in hospital with the disease and about 27 per cent from a month ago when 281 people were in hospital.
The number of patients in intensive care is up by about 6.3 per cent from 144 a week ago and by 13.3 per cent from a month ago when 135 people were in the ICU.
The provincial death toll from COVID-19 is now 2,029 lives lost out of 194,581 confirmed cases to date.