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B.C. health officials provided a COVID-19 data update today.
B.C. reports COVID-19 data from April 17 to 23
Published 1:46 PDT, Thu April 28, 2022
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In the past week (April 17 to 23) there were 2,276 new COVID-19 cases reported in B.C., bringing the overall total to 363,302 since the pandemic began.
Of the new cases, 373 were in the Vancouver Coastal Health region (including Richmond), 831 in the Fraser Health region, 372 in the Island Health region, 582 in the Interior Health region, and 118 in the Northern Health region.
As of today, there are 570 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 47 of whom are in critical care.
There were 355 new hospital admissions in the past week (April 17 to 23). Of those, 58 were in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 150 in the Fraser Health region, 62 in the Island Health region, 65 in the Interior Health region, and 20 in the Northern Health region. According to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) report, these numbers are expected to increase as data become more complete.
The number of COVID-19 admissions in the previous week (April 10 to 16) increased to 300 from the 238 originally reported last week.
The 30-day all-cause mortality report, which includes COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 related deaths occurring within 30 days from a positive lab result, indicates there were 42 deaths between April 17 and 23.
Of those who died, seven lived in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 10 in the Fraser Health region, 12 in the Island Health region, 12 in the Interior Health region, and one in the Northern Health region. According to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) report, these numbers are expected to increase as data become more complete.
The number of COVID-19 deaths in the previous week (April 10 to 16) increased to 52 from the 27 originally reported last week. And the previous week’s deaths (April 3 to 9) increased by three to 40.
Locally, the latest data from the BCCDC indicates that there were 51 cases in Richmond last week (April 17 to 23), up from 45 the previous week (April 10 to 16).
For more information and data, visit the BCCDC website: http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/data.
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