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COVID-19 update: B.C. adds 379 cases, 6 deaths as hospitalizations fall
Andrew Weichel
CTVNewsVancouver.ca Reporter and Senior Producer
Updated Dec. 8, 2021 6:45 p.m. EST
Published Dec. 8, 2021 6:18 p.m. EST
Another 379 cases of COVID-19 and six related deaths have been recorded in British Columbia, the government announced Wednesday along with another drop in coronavirus hospitalizations.
There have now been 221,235 COVID-19 infections and 2,369 related deaths confirmed across the province since the start of the pandemic, according to the Ministry of Health.
B.C.'s seven-day average for new cases, which recently levelled off after declining for weeks, remained at 347 per day after Wednesday's update. The seven-day average for COVID-19 deaths also remained at about four per day.
But the number of infectious coronavirus patients in hospital decreased to 224, which is a new three-month low and represents a 20 per cent drop from one week ago. The number of those patients in intensive care also fell to 77, down from 82 on Tuesday...
COVID-19 update: B.C. adds 379 cases, 6 deaths as hospitalizations fall
Andrew Weichel
CTVNewsVancouver.ca Reporter and Senior Producer
Updated Dec. 8, 2021 6:45 p.m. EST
Published Dec. 8, 2021 6:18 p.m. EST
Another 379 cases of COVID-19 and six related deaths have been recorded in British Columbia, the government announced Wednesday along with another drop in coronavirus hospitalizations.
There have now been 221,235 COVID-19 infections and 2,369 related deaths confirmed across the province since the start of the pandemic, according to the Ministry of Health.
B.C.'s seven-day average for new cases, which recently levelled off after declining for weeks, remained at 347 per day after Wednesday's update. The seven-day average for COVID-19 deaths also remained at about four per day.
But the number of infectious coronavirus patients in hospital decreased to 224, which is a new three-month low and represents a 20 per cent drop from one week ago. The number of those patients in intensive care also fell to 77, down from 82 on Tuesday...