There are 4,654 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 8,617 people under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases. A further 75,819 people who tested positive have recovered.
Of the active cases, 246 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 64 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
Across the province, the number of new reports of COVIVD were as follows: 131 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 292 new cases in the Fraser Health region, 31 in the Island Health region, 43 in the Interior Health region,
There were 44 in the Northern Health region, which brings the total since January 2020 to 4,693 cases across Northern BC
There was also one new case of COVID in British Columbia reported for a person who resides outside of Canada.
As for the variant case watch, there have been 18 new confirmed COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern in our province, for a total of 200 cases.
Of the total cases, 11 are active and the remaining people have recovered. This includes 176 cases of the B.1.1.7 (U.K.) variant and 24 cases of the B.1.351 (South Africa) variant.
When it comes to vaccinations across British Columbia, to date, 289,809 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the province, 86,616 of which are second doses.
“Our goal is to protect as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, through the available COVID-19 vaccines. With a single primer dose, these vaccines are helping to stop outbreaks and reduce serious illness and death.
Vaccination distribution was once again a key topic on the day, with word that the BC protocol for delivering a second COVID Vaccine shot will be continue to be four months after the first; a decision that Doctor Bonnie Henry had taken some heat on in recent days, though vindicated of sorts today from news out of Ottawa.
Setting the second booster dose at 16 weeks allows us to expand the number of people who will have access to these safe and effective vaccines, and may provide more durable and longer lasting protection.
We are pleased to see that today, the National Advisory Council on Immunization, as well as Canada’s Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health, have endorsed this approach.
More people vaccinated – whether in Nanaimo, Nelson or North Vancouver – makes all of us safer. Until we have that next level of community protection, so does staying the course with our safety measures, staying small and local. Let’s keep going and get to those post-pandemic days.”
The BC Centre for Disease control has some valuable Coronavirus notes related to COVID-19 you can explore that information here.
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| BC CDC Data for British Columbia for March 3 2021 |
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| BC CDC Data for British Columbia for March 3 2021 |
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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