COVID-19 in B.C.: 5 deaths, declining hospitalizations in final update of the week
CTV
B.C.'s Ministry of Health attributed five more deaths to COVID-19 in its final pandemic update of the week on Friday.
B.C.'s Ministry of Health attributed five more deaths to COVID-19 in its final pandemic update of the week on Friday.
There have now been 2,786 COVID-19-related deaths in B.C. since the pandemic began.
As of Friday, there were 733 test-positive COVID-19 patients in the province's hospitals, a total that includes both those with serious enough illness to require hospitalization and those who were admitted to hospitals for other reasons and tested positive incidentally.
The last time hospitalizations were this low was more than a month ago, on Jan. 15, when 703 people were in hospital.
A total of 113 COVID-19 patients are in intensive care units in B.C., according to the ministry.
The latest deaths were reported in three of the province's regional health authorities. Three deaths happened in Fraser Health, while the Vancouver Coastal and Island health authorities saw one each.
The ministry doesn't report the vaccination status of people whose deaths are attributed to COVID-19 on a daily basis. However, monthly data on vaccination status is available on the B.C. Centre for Disease Control's COVID-19 Surveillance Dashboard.
