B.C. continues to average just over six deaths a day through the past three weeks
The number of people in hospital and in intensive care are down from last week. The Centre says 325 were in hospital as of Thursday, down nearly 100 from a week earlier. ICUs had 28 admissions, down from 41 in both of the previous two weeks.
The most-recent week saw 895 reported new cases, though that number undercounts the true prevalence of cases in B.C. due to limited PCR testing.Article content
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