British Columbia The Centre for Disease Control says there were another 331 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the province as of Thursday.
This is a significant low of last week’s total, which was revised when CTV News Vancouver pointed to a trend in the data that turned out to be the result of an error in Vancouver’s coastal health area.
This graph shows the number of COVID-positive patients in British Columbia. Hospitals on Thursday since the province began adding overall accidental infections in January. (CTV)
Assuming this week’s total is accurate, it represents the lowest hospitalized population in British Columbia. He has noticed it since the end of June.
The number of other hospitalized people reported during BCCDC week includes those who are hospitalized due to severe COVID-19 cases and those who are hospitalized for other reasons and who test positive by chance.
Since the province switched to this “hospital census” counting approach in January, there have been as many as 985 and just 255 more people in British Columbia. hospitals with COVID-19 on a Thursday.
This week’s update also included 737 new laboratory-confirmed coronavirus cases. In general, this reflects only those who underwent a PCR test and cases epidemiologically similar to them.
Because the vast majority of British Columbians with COVID-19 SYMPTOMS are not eligible for PCR testing as part of the province’s existing testing strategy, the weekly total of instances was thought of as, at best, a mirrored picture of transmission components in the province 2022.
Last week, researchers from the independent organization B. C. The COVID-19 modeling organization estimated that the official number of cases is likely to multiply by around 100, meaning the 737 cases reported Thursday likely reflect a total of 73,700 actual new infections in the province. the week of August 14-20, or more than 10,500 consistent with the day.
Although it remains gigantic according to the modeling group’s estimates, the number of new cases decreased in the last epidemiological peak week, compared to the previous one.
Coronavirus concentrations in Greater Vancouver wastewater, which can also be used to track COVID-19 in the general population, have also declined.
The BCCDC’s weekly prestige report states that many viral things “generally continue to decline,” there is still “week-to-week variability. “
In the week ending August 20, 4 of the five wastewater treatment plants in the region saw their virus concentrations decrease for at least two consecutive weeks. Only the plant on Annacis Island saw a modest buildup in viral load — about 11% by comparison. to last week.
These data models align with the modeling team’s conclusion in their most recent report that the latest wave of COVID-19 infections in British Columbia has surpassed its peak.
Provincial fitness officials have expressed fear of an imagined giant wave of infections in the fall and have planned a “fall booster” vaccination program to improve people’s coverage of the virus starting in September.
This message comes with advice against receiving an extra booster dose before September, adults who have spent six months since their first booster have had the option to call to make an appointment earlier.
According to the BCCDC, the province administered 25,275 doses of vaccine from Aug. 14 to 22, or about 2,800 in one day.
Most of those doses, 13,155, or about 52% of the total, were boosters.