406 in hospital with COVID-19; 30 in intensive care as of Thursday
B.C. is reporting a slight decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations from last week, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control’s latest data on the pandemic shared by provincial health authorities on Thursday.
As of Thursday, 406 people are in hospital with the novel coronavirus, 30 of whom are in critical care, according to the province’s COVID-19 dashboard.
It represents a 4.7 per cent dip in overall hospitalizations from last Thursday when the province reported 426 people in hospital. The number of ICU patients is down by 11.8 per cent from 34 a week ago.
The latest numbers released by the provincial government encompass the week ending July 16.
