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The number of people in B.C. hospitals with COVID-19 dropped to a new 2024 low for a second week in a row Thursday, as the B.C. Centre for Disease Control prepares to switch to its summer reporting schedule.

There were 105 test-positive patients in hospitals around the province Thursday, the lowest total the BCCDC has reported so far this year, and a slight decrease from the 112 reported last week.

The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 in B.C. in 2024, as reported in public updates from the BCCDC, is shown. (CTV News)

This week’s total is the lowest the BCCDC has reported since last August and is less than a third of the hospital population reported in late April last year.

The BCCDC’s April 20, 2023, update showed 316 people in hospital with COVID.

Notably, the number of COVID-positive patients the agency reports in its updates includes both …