“Today, we are providing case updates for three 24-hour reporting periods. In the first reporting period from Aug. 21 to 22, we had 109 new cases. Aug. 22 to 23, we had 81 new cases, and in the last 24 hours, we have had an additional 79 new cases.
This represents 269 new cases, including five epi-linked cases since we reported on Friday, for a total of 5,184 cases in British Columbia.
There are 913 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, 2,594 people who are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases, and 4,068 people who tested positive have recovered. “Currently, 18 individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19, five of whom are in intensive care.
The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation."
Towards the cross province tallies, each Health Authority's case counts to date are as follows:
1,651 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 2,739 in the Fraser Health region, 166 in the Island Health region, 425 in the Interior Health region, 127 in the Northern Health region an increase of five since Friday.
76 cases of COVID have been recorded by people who reside outside of Canada.
The mortality numbers related to COVID have continued to slow this summer, though unfortunately the two top public health officials did have one new death to report on today.
“There has been one new COVID-19 related death in the Fraser Health region, for a total of 203 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic."
Dr. Henry also addressed the growing numbers of the summer and what health officials are engaged with at the moment to keep watch on the situation.
“Public health teams continue to closely watch our key indicators to ensure we are staying where we need to be. This includes monitoring the level of community spread, as well as the percentage of positive tests. In both cases, right now we are staying within the range of where we need to be.
We still have low transmission and we want to keep it that way as our summer continues and we look to the fall. It is about finding the balance – protecting vulnerable people and keeping our activities going.
Our COVID-19 response in B.C. is about all of us doing our part and taking the right precautions based on our circumstances. It is about protecting those around us and protecting ourselves."
You can review the full report for Monday here.
The BC Centre for Disease control has some valuable Coronavirus notes related to COVID-19 you can explore that information here.
You can learn more about the outbreak from both the Province and the Federal government from the links below:
Federal Government site
British Columbia Government site
The World Health Organization website also offers up the latest advisories on the global situation.
More from Northern Health can be reviewed here
You can review our archive of past statements and local information here.
Local governments and organizations have also provided for increased awareness of COVID-19 issues, the string of statements that came quickly at the end of the week can be reviewed here.
For notes from across Canada and British Columbia we have been archiving the latest items through our political portal Darcy McGee
Ottawa Observations
Victoria Viewpoints
No comments:
Post a Comment