As was expected following a four day break from reporting, the review of reported COVID cases for British Columbia today by Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix delivered a significant overview of how the coronavirus continues its march across the province.
With the four day totals topping the 2,000 mark, making for over 54,000 cases of COVID-19 reported in BC since January.
“Today, we are reporting on new cases of COVID-19 from Dec. 31 through to today. From Dec. 31 to Jan. 1, we had 565 new cases; from Jan. 1 to 2, we had 607 new cases and from Jan. 2 to 3, we had 500 new cases. In the last 24 hours, we had 539 new cases.
This represents 2,211 new cases of COVID-19, including 22 epi-linked cases, for a total of 54,201 cases in British Columbia.
There are 6,823 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. There are 351 individuals currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 76 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation.
Currently, 8,785 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and a further 45,229 people who tested positive have recovered.
There have been 45 new COVID-19 related deaths since Dec. 31, for a total of 946 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic."
Across the various Health Authorities, the weekend review provided the following totals:
389 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 1,301 new cases in the Fraser Health region, 64 in the Island Health region, 288 in the Interior Health region, 169 in the Northern Health region, that brings the total number of cases since January 2020 to 2,144 for Northern BC.
There were no new cases of COVID recorded in British Columbia by people who reside outside of Canada.
Dr. Henry and the Health Minister also updated the status of the vaccine roll out program in British Columbia, as well as to caution that the pandemic is not over yet and how following health guidance and public measures is key to bringing down the current level of reports.
“Since the start of immunizations up to yesterday, 24,139 people have received a COVID-19 vaccine in British Columbia. While our December allotment was limited, the smaller initial deliveries have allowed us to refine our processes and address any hurdles that have emerged as we ramp up our provincewide immunization program.
Our approach is to maximize distribution, while balancing supply – vaccinating as many high-risk people as possible in this initial period.
It may be a new year, but the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over, and we all need to continue to do all we can to keep ourselves and those around us safe.
Today, many people are getting back to work and back to school after a winter break, which means reminding ourselves about using our layers of protection – wherever we may be.
We thank and commend the many, many people throughout B.C. who put their usual traditions and celebrations aside and followed the public health orders to help protect their communities and each other from COVID-19."
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