Thursday, January 7, 2021

Public Health Orders extended into February; BC sees increasing counts of COVID as holiday cases begin to become established, 761 new reports for Thursday's review



Today's review of COVID cases in the province delivered another  significant jump in the daily reports from across the province, providing a glimpse as to how the holiday period may have impacted on the reporting period now underway.

In addition to the review of data and outline on how readjustments of data interpretation can change the numbers delivered, Doctor Henry announced that the current list of Public Health Orders will remain in place into February.

“Today, we are reporting 761 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 56,015 cases in British Columbia.

There are 6,349 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. There are 372 individuals currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 74 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation. 

Currently, 8,849 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and a further 47,374 people who tested positive have recovered. 

There have been eight new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 970 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To date, 41,064 people have received a COVID-19 vaccine in British Columbia. Our focus is to ensure we safely deliver the vaccines as quickly as possible to communities throughout the province, using all available supply." 

Across the province, the relay of information from each Health Authority were as follows:

94 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 484 new cases in the Fraser Health region, 23 in the Island Health region, 96 in the Interior Health region, 64 in the Northern Health region a bump upwards that brings the Northern BC totals to 2,296 cases since January of 2020.  

There were no new cases of  COVID-19 recorded in British Columbia by people who reside outside of Canada. 

Holding to the Public Health Orders for a bit longer was also the subject for today's update, with the Doctor and Minister of Health outlining their focus on maintaining safety for all of the province's residents.

“Like every part of Canada and many places around the world, the risk of spread of COVID-19 remains extremely high and new cases and clusters continue to emerge. 

Here in B.C., we are and will continue to do all we can to protect our province, and we ask everyone to do the same. 

As a result, the current provincial health officer’s orders on all gatherings and events have been extended through to Feb. 5, 2021, at midnight. The same restriction, including on social gatherings in people’s homes and in public venues, and all events and sports activities continue to apply. 

We need to hold the line with the public health orders for the next two incubation periods – one month – to ensure we are doing all we can to keep everyone in the province as safe as possible. These orders enable our health-care system, schools and essential workplaces to continue to stay open, which is important for all of us."

You can review today's COVID report from the Thursday statement 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, 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


Ottawa Observations


Victoria Viewpoints


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