Slight drop in number of patients in B.C. hospitals with COVID
The number of people in B.C. hospitals with a COVID diagnosis dropped only slightly today to 653 from 688 yesterday. The number in intensive care remained unchanged at 108. About half the of people in hospital with a COVID diagnosis were not in there because of COVID but were tested...
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The number of people in B.C. hospitals with a COVID diagnosis dropped only slightly today to 653 from 688 yesterday. The number in intensive care remained unchanged at 108.
About half the of people in hospital with a COVID diagnosis were not in there because of COVID but were tested after going to hospital for things like surgery, delivering a baby or being admitted to a mental health unit.
There were 799 new cases reported in B.C. over the past 24 hours, including 280 in Interior Health according to a Ministry of Health news release issued today, Feb. 23.
There were 109 new cases in the Fraser Health region, 52 in Vancouver Coastal, 140 on Vancouver Island and 214 in the Northern Health region.
The real number of cases is estimated to be three to four times higher because many people infected with COVID are not getting tested or take rapid tests that are not recorded in these figures.
There was only one death in the last 24 hours, in Northern Health, bringing the pandemic total to 2,831.
The vaccination rate for people over the age of 12 was unchanged at 93.2% with at least one dose as was the case with the 90.6% with at least two doses. The number of people with three doses increased slightly to 55%.
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