BC COVID-19 cases. Hospital admissions fell to the lowest point of the month on Thursday in a sign that hospital admissions may also be declining.
As of August 11, there were 398 hospitalized positive cases, the lowest since July 7. There were 22 critical care patients, the lowest since June 16.
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Reported cases include people who test positive for the virus, regardless of reason for hospitalization .
THURSDAY UPDATE FROM BC. The Centers for Disease Control also reported 900 new cases in the week ending Aug. 6, but the true number is likely much higher due to severe restrictions on testing.
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More than 15,000 tests That week, the statewide test positive rate was 10.1%.
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The number of people initially reported to have been hospitalized with the virus also fell during the week of 6 August. did.
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However, these figures are provisional and weekly admission data have been consistently revised upwards significantly It has been. For context, the BCCDC originally reported 242 of her COVID-19 hospitalizations between July 24 and July 30. That number has now been revised to 312, an increase of 28.9%.
The latest update also reported 28 new deaths in the week ending August 6, a figure that comes with multiple caveats.
Like hospitalizations, mortality rates have consistently been revised upwards in future updates.
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In earlier reports, the BCCDC had originally recorded 28 deaths in the week ending 30 July. That number has now been revised to 54, an increase of 92.8%.
However, the state's COVID death toll includes all deaths from all causes among people who tested positive for the virus 30 days earlier, suggesting officials are overestimating deaths.
A BCCDC study found that approximately 43% of model-counted deaths from April 9 to June 18 were actually It was due to COVID-19.
Updates on serious outcomes such as hospitalizations and deaths due to vaccine status were no longer reported by the BCCDC as of 28 July.
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