B.C. hits 500 COVID-19 patients in hospital in latest update

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B.C.'s surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations continued Wednesday, with 500 infectious patients now in hospital with the disease for the first time since April 2021.

Wednesday's numbers came in a written statement from the Ministry of Health, which also announced 2,859 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 and six new deaths.

The surge in COVID-19-related hospitalizations has been rapid in recent weeks. One week ago, on Jan. 5, there were 317 people in hospital with the disease. Two weeks ago, on Dec. 29, the number was 206.a "deep dive" into hospitalization numbersPart of the purpose of the study is to determine the severity of the outcomes of hospitalizations due to Omicron compared to the Delta variant.

The independent B.C. COVID-19 Modelling Group has suggested that B.C. could see more than 2,000 hospitalizations during the Omicron wave, and provincial health officials have saidSome of the patients included in Wednesday's hospitalization total are people who tested positive in health-care outbreaks, which have been growing in numbers across the province in recent weeks.

 

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