B.C. influenza cases down, RSV cases remain high while also declining
Various metrics show that pressure on the provincial health care system caused by a jump in respiratory illness is easing.
Provincial health officer Bonnie Henry said cases of influenza have dropped from a positivity rate of 27 per cent in late November to five per cent in the first week of January. She added that no additional children have died since the deaths of six kids late last year. “That represents about 87 per cent occupancy rate of the total base of surge bed but also 110 per cent of base bed capacity in the province,” he said. This is the week we obviously see our highest census, but we also saw significantly higher census than we typically see in the week between Christmas and New Year’s,” he said. Despite these challenges, Dix said British Columbians can count on receiving hospital care and pointed to 4,698 surgeries in B.C. between Dec. 18 and Dec. 24.
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