COVID update for Jan. 19-25: B.C. officially tops 5,000 deaths, but hospitalizations waning: Weekly data | North Korea calls for normalizing economy | Doctors in China discouraged from citing COVID on death certificates

Here’s your update with everything you need to know about the COVID situation in B.C. and around the world for the week of Jan. 19-25. This page will be updated with the latest COVID news and related research developments daily throughout the week, so be sure to check back often.

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Here are the latest weekly B.C. figures given on Jan. 19:

• Hospitalized cases: 268 (down 34)
• Intensive care: 17 (down eight)
• New cases: 560 over seven days
• Total number of confirmed cases: 394,366
• Total deaths over seven days: 27 (total 5,007)

Read the full report here | Next update: Jan. 26