The number of COVID-positive patients in B. C. hospitals declined this week, according to the latest data from the B. C. Centers for Disease Control.
There were 148 positive patients in hospitals across the province on Thursday, a low of 15, or about nine percent, of the 163 reported to the hospital at the same time last week.
The number of other people hospitalized with COVID-19 reported in the BCCDC’s public updates in 2024 is shown. (CTV)
The latest data continues the trend of relatively robust hospitalization degrees seen so far in 2024, with the first update of the year being the only one showing that more than two hundred COVID patients are receiving hospital treatment.
This is in stark contrast to the grades seen in the first 3 months of 2023, when two of the first thirteen BCCDC updates showed total hospitalizations below 200.
That’s because last year, the company didn’t provide as low a percentage of overall hospitalizations as this week until June 1, when it reported that another 146 people were hospitalized with COVID-19.
Other data reported this week also showed slight downward trends, with new laboratory-confirmed infections, positivity and wastewater surveillance all pointing in the same direction as overall hospitalizations.
According to information released Thursday, 392 new infections were recorded across provinces in the week ending March 16, up from 467 last week.
The consistent percentage of testing also decreased from 12. 7 percent to 10. 9 percent.
These figures are based on laboratory controls only. The effects of immediate at-home checks are not tracked in British Columbia, but concentrations of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater, which can lead to the spread of COVID-19 in the general population, adding among the vast majority of British Columbians, who are not eligible for laboratory checks, They also declined in the top positions last week.
RSV data released Friday through the BCCDC also showed a decline in cases and test positivity, while flu cases and positivity increased slightly.
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