COVID-19: Cases in B.C. hospitals up 33% in one week, ICU cases hold flat

According to the BCCDC, 238 people were admitted to hospital with COVID-19 between April 10 and April 16.

Of them, 97 were in the Fraser Health region, 41 were in the Interior Health region, 44 were in the Vancouver Coastal Health region and 39 were in the Vancouver Island region.

Those numbers are expected to increase in the coming days with more data collection. Thursday’s report, for example, saw the number of admissions between April 3 and April 9 revised from 233 to 289.

Officials also recorded 27 fatalities. However, the figure for deaths now includes anyone that died in the week of April 3 to April 9 who tested positive for COVI-19 within the 30 days prior. The province says the figure likely overcounts fatalities and that future “retrospective evaluations” will be conducted to better understand COVID-19 mortality.

Monthly BCCDC data continued to show unvaccinated people at a higher risk of severe outcomes.

From March 20 to April 16, per 100,000 population, there were 41.2 cases of unvaccinated people in hospitals, 7.6 unvaccinated cases in the ICU and 3.3 deaths, compared to 25.7 cases in hospitals, 3.3 cases in the ICU and 2.3 deaths among people with two doses.

Since the start of the pandemic, British Columbia has reported a total of 361,034 cases and 3,077 deaths.

by Simon Little, Global BC

COVID-19: Cases in B.C. hospitals up 33% in one week, ICU cases hold flat

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