As of Wednesday, 325 people with COVID-19 are being treated in hospital, 28 of them in the intensive care unit, according to the BC COVID-19 control panel. This is a 22.8 percent reduction in total admissions from last Thursday, when the province reported 421 people in hospitals. The number of patients in the ICU is 31.7% lower than a week ago. The government says its weekly numbers are preliminary. Adjusts them retrospectively due to counting delays and the new way of measuring weekly cases, hospitalizations and deaths. The figures released on Thursday are part of a relatively recent change of approach by BC health officials, both in the transition to the weekly report and in the way some measurements are calculated. Much of the data from the province is inside weekly report from the BC Centers for Disease Controlwhich includes cases, hospitalizations and deaths – although all of these numbers are at least five days old. The province reports 43 deaths between May 29 and June 4. This number, which is reported differently than in the past, includes all the deaths of anyone who tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 30 days, regardless of whether or not the disease has been confirmed as a contributing factor. The number of deaths is also likely to change significantly by next week. During the last reporting period, the province said 44 people lost their lives between May 22 and 28. That number now stands at 61, up 38.6 percent. This week’s BCCDC report shows that 895 new cases of COVID-19 were reported between May 29 and June 4, down about 23 percent from the 1,163 reported last week. The latest figures, based solely on results reported in the lab, bring the total number of reported cases to 372,611. Due to the limited availability of tests, the province says the number of cases underestimates the actual number of people with COVID-19 in BC. Positiveness rates fell or remained stable at all health authorities from 22 May to 28 May, according to the BCC Disease Report COVID-19, ranging from 11.5 per cent in Northern Health to 18.8 per cent. in the Health of the Islands. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said anything above a five percent positive test result indicates a more worrying level of transmission. Sewage data from the Fraser Health area show reductions in viral loads. Annacis Island has dropped 48 percent since its peak six weeks ago, while virus loads in northwest Langley have dropped 71 percent from the ceiling five weeks ago. Vancouver Coastal Health data show viral loads are declining or steady, including a 36 percent drop in Iona Island after two weeks of increases and a 53 percent drop in Lions Gate from a peak three weeks ago. Virus loads on Lulu Island continue to decline, 18% lower than last week.
title: “The Number Of Hospitalized Patients With Covid 19 Decreases By Almost 23 As The Downward Trend In Bc Continues " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-01” author: “Aaron Moore”
As of Wednesday, 325 people with COVID-19 are being treated in hospital, 28 of them in the intensive care unit, according to the BC COVID-19 control panel. This is a 22.8 percent reduction in total admissions from last Thursday, when the province reported 421 people in hospitals. The number of patients in the ICU is 31.7% lower than a week ago. The government says its weekly numbers are preliminary. Adjusts them retrospectively due to counting delays and the new way of measuring weekly cases, hospitalizations and deaths. The figures released on Thursday are part of a relatively recent change of approach by BC health officials, both in the transition to the weekly report and in the way some measurements are calculated. Much of the data from the province is inside weekly report from the BC Centers for Disease Controlwhich includes cases, hospitalizations and deaths – although all of these numbers are at least five days old. The province reports 43 deaths between May 29 and June 4. This number, which is reported differently than in the past, includes all the deaths of anyone who tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 30 days, regardless of whether or not the disease has been confirmed as a contributing factor. The number of deaths is also likely to change significantly by next week. During the last reporting period, the province said 44 people lost their lives between May 22 and 28. That number now stands at 61, up 38.6 percent. This week’s BCCDC report shows that 895 new cases of COVID-19 were reported between May 29 and June 4, down about 23 percent from the 1,163 reported last week. The latest figures, which are based solely on laboratory-reported results, bring the total number of reported cases to 372,611. Due to the limited availability of tests, the province says the number of cases underestimates the actual number of people with COVID-19 in BC. Positiveness rates fell or remained stable at all health authorities from 22 May to 28 May, according to the BCC Disease Report COVID-19, ranging from 11.5 per cent in Northern Health to 18.8 per cent. in the Health of the Islands. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said anything above a five percent positive test result indicates a more worrying level of transmission. Sewage data from the Fraser Health area show reductions in viral loads. Annacis Island has dropped 48 percent since its peak six weeks ago, while virus loads in northwest Langley have dropped 71 percent from the ceiling five weeks ago. Vancouver Coastal Health data show viral loads are declining or steady, including a 36 percent drop in Iona Island after two weeks of increases and a 53 percent drop in Lions Gate from a peak three weeks ago. Virus loads on Lulu Island continue to decline, 18% lower than last week.
