The good news surrounding fewer people with serious cases of COVID-19 in B.C. continued February 12, with the number of patients in intensive care units (ICU) with the virus falling for the eighth . . .
By Glen Korstrom | February 11, 2021, 3:42pm
Provincial health officer Bonnie Henry regularly updates media on the spread of COVID-19 in B.C. | BC Government
The steady decline in people fighting serious COVID-19 infections in B.C. hospitals continued February 11, with six fewer such patients than a day ago. There are now more than 40% fewer people in hospital with COVID-19 infections in B.C. (224) than there were at the end of 2020 (374).
Hospitalizations are a key metric to watch in the fight against the global pandemic because a high priority is keeping a sufficient supply of hospital beds in case there is a sudden spike in serious infections.
The steady decline in COVID-19-related hospitalizations across B.C. continued February 10, after a one-day blip yesterday, when the number of those in hospital rose slightly. There are now 230 . . .
I m monitoring for a number of things: fewer cases in our community, fewer outbreaks, or unchecked transmission in places around the province – these are important signs that we are ready [to loosen health restrictions]. Also having a better understanding of where the variants of concern are, and how they re getting into our community. B.C. now has 241 people with infections serious enough to be in hospital. That is up by seven from yesterday, and it includes 68 people whose ailments are serious enough to be in intensive care units. The province has a total of 4,393 people actively battling infections – up 417 overnight.
by Craig Takeuchi on February 8th, 2021 at 5:30 PM 1 of 3 2 of 3
At today’s B.C. COVID-19 briefing, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said she’s been talking with her colleagues a lot about the variant, as they have been watching what has been happening in other countries.
She said, much to their dismay, the variant “does change the game in some ways” if it does take off and becomes dominant.
“All of us have dreaded that,” she said, as she said it can take us back to how we were operating at the beginning of the pandemic with case management, contact tracing, and controlling every single case.