B.C. sees increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations over past week

B-C is reporting an increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations this week.

The province's Centre for Disease Control says 485 COVID patients are in hospital -- up from 364 last week -- and 38 of them are receiving critical care.

It says the province recorded 27 virus-related deaths during the week ending April 16th, compared with 23 the previous week.

B-C recorded two-thousand and 36 COVID-19 cases, although health experts have said the actual number of cases is much higher.