By Canadian Press

Number of people in hospital with COVID-19 increases in B.C.

May 12, 2022 | 4:47 PM

VANCOUVER — British Columbia is seeing an increase in the number of hospitalizations of patients with COVID-19.

Weekly numbers released by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control show 596 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Thursday compared with 331 last week.

The centre says 54 patients were in intensive care.

It says 59 people who had COVID-19 died in the week that ended May 7, bringing the total number of deaths in B.C. to 3,307 since the start of the pandemic.

It says 1,987 COVID-19 cases were detected in the first week of this month, although health officials and experts have said the actual number of cases may be much higher.

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The centre says both hospitalization and death numbers may be underestimated because of “data systems timing and processes.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 12, 2022.

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