The seventy two hours between COVID reports that spanned the Halloween weekend delivered 1, 120 reports of COVID across British Columbia, with the vast majority of that count coming from the Fraser Health Region of the Lower Mainland.
With Dr. Bonnie Henry taking a few days off from her duties this week, the duty of the day of reviewing the weekends tallies fell to Dr. Réka Gustafson, B.C.’s deputy provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health.
“Today, we are reporting on three 24-hour periods. From Oct. 30 to 31, we had 352 new cases. From Oct. 31 to Nov. 1, we had 389 new cases and in the last 24 hours, we have had a further 379 new cases.
This represents a total of 1,120 new cases, including seven epi-linked cases, for a total of 15,501 cases in British Columbia.
There are 2,945 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, 6,448 people who are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and 12,207 people who tested positive have recovered.
Currently, 90 individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19, 19 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation.
There have been six new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 269 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic."
Across BC, the case counts recorded to date are as follows: 4,898 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 9,049 in the Fraser Health region, 265 in the Island Health region, 777 in the Interior Health region, 422 in the Northern Health region an increase of 10 from Friday's report.
There are 90 cases of COVID recorded in people who reside outside of Canada.
The two Health officials also made note what has been learned about the coronavirus and what is required into the months ahead.
“We have learned much about COVID-19 – what living with the virus looks like and what we need to do to keep ourselves and those around us safe.
Testing to identify new cases, contact tracing to contain further transmission and using our layers of protection are the cornerstones of our response and the tools we will continue to use as we navigate this pandemic.
Our goal is to continue to minimize severe illness and death, balanced with keeping as much as possible open and active in our communities. But to achieve this careful balance, we all need to do our part.
We are going to see fluctuations and surges in some communities. And when we do, increased effort and stepped up focus will be applied, using all of the public health measures we have available to us."
Minister Dix also addressed the large crowds that assembled in Downtown Vancouver on Halloween evening, calling the behaviour disgraceful and noting of challenging situation for the Vancouver Police Department, as well as the frustrations for those British Columbians who are following the measures and the guidance that has been put in place
Mr. Dix also did note that the larger transmission issues of late have mainly have come from the smaller home based gatherings which the province recently took action towards.
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