Hospitalization

• COVID-19: Manitoba reports 8 more deaths, ICU numbers hold at 50

  Hospitalizations and intensive care admissions are holding steady but are still alarmingly high in Manitoba and across much of the country.

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  Jan 21
  
• COVID-19: B.C. reports nine more deaths as hospitalizations top 900 for first time

  Health officials reported 924 COVID-positive patients in hospital, an overnight increase of 33. Of them, 130 people were in critical or intensive care, an overnight increase of 11.

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  Jan 21
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• COVID-19: B.C. reports 13 new deaths as hospitalizations near 900

  Health officials reported 895 positive cases in hospital settings, up 41 overnight, along with 115 cases in critical or intensive care.

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  Jan 19
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• COVID-19: 6 more deaths, another B.C. hospitalization record under new reporting method

  Officials reported 646 people with COVID-19 in hospital, along with 95 people in critical or intensive care, but say the new number counts people admitted for other reasons.

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  Jan 14
• COVID-19: B.C. reports seven new deaths, sets new hospitalization record

  The number of infectious cases in hospital climbed by 34 to 534, eclipsing the record of 515 set in April, 2021.

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  Jan 13
• B.C. hospitalizations could hit 2K to 10K this month amid Omicron surge: data

  The model projects between 2,000 and 10,000 people in hospital at once at the peak in late January, depending on a range of factors.

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  Jan 6
• COVID-19: B.C. reports 609 new cases and six deaths, hospitalizations top 400

  Wednesday's COVID update left B.C.'s seven-day average for new cases at 578, while the number of active cases in the province fell to 4,748.

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  Oct 27, 2021
• COVID-19: Low vaccine uptake among pregnant women in Hamilton ‘troubling’ amid recent baby boom

  Hamilton obstetrician Dr. Jon Barrett says women not vaccinated are more at risk for severe illness should they get COVID.

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  Oct 26, 2021
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• Saskatchewan approves use of monoclonal antibodies to treat high-risk COVID-19 patients

  Saskatchewan health officials say monoclonal antibodies will be available starting Oct. 25 to treat some COVID-19 patients.

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  Oct 25, 2021
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• Pregnant women more likely to be hospitalized from COVID-19; health officials urge vaccinations

  COVID-19 infections have also shown to have impacts on the pregnancy itself and increase the risk of premature labour, requiring a caesarian birth and having a still-birth.

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  Oct 22, 2021