COVID-19 hospitalizations in B.C. break 1,000 mark for the first time

B.C. health officials reported 1,048 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Monday, including 138 in intensive care, as the province recorded 19 more deaths from the disease and 4,075 new cases over the past three days.A COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Vancouver Convention Centre on Jan. 13. (Ben Nelms/CBC)For the first time since the pandemic began, the number of…Continue Reading

COVID-19 hospitalizations dip slightly in Ontario, Quebec, but ICU numbers rise

Both Quebec and Ontario are reporting a drop in COVID-19-related hospitalizations but an uptick in patients requiring intensive care.People wearing face masks are seen in Montreal on Saturday. (Jean-Claude Taliana/Radio-Canada)The latest: Why Omicron shows it’s time to update our COVID-19 vaccines. Public outrage over the unvaccinated is driving a crisis in bioethics. Canada ‘may’ have…Continue Reading