It was a sombre day for today's Monday COVID report from Doctor Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix, with the two top health officials in British Columbia relaying their three days of information following the weekend, an update of numbers that included the announcement that the province has now gone above the 1,000 mark of those who have passed away from the coronavirus since January of 2020.
“Today, we are reporting on three periods. From Jan. 8 to 9, we had 538 new cases. From Jan. 9 to 10, we had 507 new cases and in the last 24 hours, we had a further 430 new cases.
This results in a total of 1,475 new cases of COVID-19 over the three-day period, for a total of 58,107 cases in British Columbia.
There are 5,220 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. There are 358 individuals currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 72 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
Currently, 7,313 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and a further 50,541 people who tested positive have recovered.
There have been 22 new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,010 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the pandemic."
Across the province the following totals were relayed over the course of the weekend just ended:
287 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 736 new cases in the Fraser Health region, 59 in the Island Health region, 217 in the Interior Health region and 173 in the Northern Health region which bring the Northern BC total to 2,518 cases since January of 2020.
There was also three new cases of COVID recorded in British Columbia by people who reside outside of Canada.
When it comes to the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine, to date, 59,902 people have received vaccine shot in British Columbia.
Doctor Henry and the Health minister noted that their focus is to ensure we safely deliver the vaccines as quickly as possible to communities across the province, using all available supply.
Towards further guidance on the vaccine deliver the Doctor noted:
“Much thought and consideration have gone into our province’s approach and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines. This approach is founded on the scientific evidence available to us, in addition to our available supply, where the highest risks are in our community and who would be most severely impacted by the virus. What is important to know is everyone in the province who wants them will have access to vaccines."
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, those past advisories 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
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