There were a record 502 COVID-19 patients in hospital as of Wednesday, including 161 in intensive care.
Health Minister Adrian Dix says nine hospitals in Fraser Health and Vancouver Coast Health will cut 1750 non-urgent surgeries over the next two weeks to deal with COVID-19 patients flooding the health care system.
There were a record 502 COVID-19 patients in hospital as of Wednesday, including 161 in intensive care. This comes as the daily-case count reached 1,006 and four more people died. There are 8,733 active cases of the disease in B.C.
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