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B.C. health officials provided a COVID-19 data update today.
B.C. reports COVID-19 data from Oct. 2 to 8
Published 3:35 PDT, Thu October 13, 2022
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In the past week (Oct. 2 to 8) there were 697 new COVID-19 cases reported in B.C., bringing the overall total to 386,293 since the pandemic began.
Of the new cases, 195 were in the Vancouver Coastal Health region (including Richmond), 177 in the Fraser Health region, 129 in the Island Health region, 150 in the Interior Health region, and 46 in the Northern Health region.
The number of reported new cases the previous week (Sept. 25 to Oct. 1) decreased by one to 696.
As of today, there are 365 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in B.C., 19 of whom are in critical care.
There were 181 new hospital admissions in the past week (Oct. 2 to 8). Of those, 41 were in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 61 in the Fraser Health region, 40 in the Island Health region, 27 in the Interior Health region, and 12 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 (Sept. 25 to Oct. 1) increased to 245 from the 185 originally reported last week.
There were 36 new critical care admissions in the past week (Oct. 2 to 8). Of those, nine were in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 14 in the Fraser Health region, two in the Island Health region, six in the Interior Health region, and five 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 critical care admissions in the previous week (Sept. 25 to Oct. 1) increased to 30 from the 28 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 25 deaths between Oct. 2 and 8.
Of those who died, nine lived in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, three in the Fraser Health region, two in the Island Health region, nine in the Interior Health region, and two 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 (Sept. 25 to Oct. 1) increased to 36 from the 19 originally reported last week. Deaths the previous week (Sept. 18 to 24) increased by six to 40.
Locally, the latest data from the BCCDC indicates that there were 21 cases in Richmond last week (Oct. 2 to 8), down from 34 the previous week (Sept. 25 to Oct. 1).
For more information and data, visit the BCCDC website: http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/data.
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