New case count drops just below 800 mark in Tuesday COVID report, with no new deaths to relay on the day

Some slight progress on the bending of a curve today, with a new case count just below the 800 mark, and a continued drop in the number of active cases part of the relay of information from today's statement from Doctor Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix.

“Today, we are reporting 799 new cases, for a total of 127,048 cases in British Columbia. “There are 8,089 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 11,792 people under public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases. A further 117,150 people who tested positive have recovered. 

Of the active cases, 500 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 164 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation. 

There have been no new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,571 deaths in British Columbia. Our condolences are with the family, friends and caregivers of the people who have died as a result of COVID-19. "

Across the province, the five health authority's listed the following new case counts for the day: 121 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 534 new cases in the Fraser Health region, 28 in the Island Health region, 96 in the Interior Health region. 

There were 16 new cases reported in the Northern Health region, the total number of cases now reported in Northern British Columbia since January 2020 is listed at 7,096.

Four new cases of COVID were reported by people in BC who reside outside of Canada. 

Towards today's vaccination totals the updated noted that 1,671,128 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C., 89,457 of which are second doses. 

On the topic of the vaccination  program, Doctor Henry offered an update on the status of AstraZeneca vaccine supply, as well as a reminder on the need to follow guidance towards all layers of protection against COVID.

“Our limited AstraZeneca supply is being used in some of these 'hot spots,' as well as for our provincewide pharmacy program. Starting today, the AstraZeneca vaccine will be available to anyone 30 and older, starting with some of the ‘hot spot’ community clinics. As we receive enough AstraZeneca to add appointments at pharmacies, it will be made available to anyone in the province aged 30 and older. 

We know demand for the AstraZeneca vaccine is high in many areas. Unfortunately, available supply through pharmacies in some regions will continue to be limited until additional supplies come in. 

Whether you had your vaccine last month, or are booked for the days ahead, we remind everyone to continue to use all of your layers of protection, to stay small and stay local until we have COVID-19 where we want and need it to be.”

The full COVID statement for Tuesday can be reviewed here.

BC CDC data for British Columbia for April 27, 2021

BC CDC data for Northern Health Region for April 27, 2021

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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