B.C. reports 50 fewer people in hospital with COVID-19, but 22 more deaths over 3 days
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B.C. health officials reported 549 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Monday, including 85 in intensive care, as the province recorded 22 more deaths from the disease and 974 new cases over the weekend.
The new numbers represent a decrease of 50 COVID-19 patients hospitalized within the last 72 hours, including 11 fewer patients in the ICU.
Overall hospitalizations, which typically lag behind spikes and dips in new cases, are down by 20.2 per cent from last week, when 688 people were in hospital with the disease and down about 44.5 per cent from a month ago when 990 people were in hospital.
Deaths also lag cases, with the higher numbers a reflection of Omicron's surge last month.
The number of patients in intensive care is down by about 21.2 per cent from 108 a week ago and down by 39.7 per cent from a month ago when 141 people were in the ICU.
The provincial death toll from COVID-19 is now 2,873 lives lost out of 348,305 confirmed cases to date.
There are a total of 28 active outbreaks in assisted living, long-term, and acute care facilities, with two new outbreaks reported at long-term care facilities in the Interior Health region. An outbreak at Trinity Care Centre in Penticton was declared over.
Acute care outbreaks include:
As of Monday, 90.6 per cent of those five and older in B.C. had received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 86.3 per cent a second dose.
From Feb. 18 to 24, people who were not fully vaccinated accounted for 20.7 per cent of cases and from Feb. 11 to 24, they accounted for 32.9 per cent of hospitalizations, according to the province.
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