Tuesday COVID data for BC brings dip in Daily totals, mixed messages on vaccine supply

Tuesday brought a slight dip in what has been a string of COVID result counts that topped the 1,000 plus mark in recent weeks.  

With today's review of COVID data from Doctor Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix noting of 873 new cases for the day, though with an advisory that the final totals of the day could still be subject to change.

“Today, we are reporting 873 new cases, for a total of 113,702 cases in British Columbia. Due to a delay in the Public Health Reporting Data Warehouse (PHRDW) lab system, these numbers are preliminary and may be adjusted once confirmed with PHRDW data.  

There are 9,756 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 16,290 people under public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases. 

A further 102,268 people who tested positive have recovered. 

Of the active cases, 377 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 116 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation. 

There have been two new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,515 deaths in British Columbia"

Across the province, the Health Authority totals were as follows: 218 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 512 new cases in the Fraser Health region, 43 in the Island Health region, 72 in the Interior Health region, 

The number of case for Northern Health mirrored the drop in the rest of the province, with 28 cases of COVID  recorded in the Northern Health region, the total count of COVID since January 2020 is 6,595.

Thee were no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada. 

Health Officials advise, that there are currently 5,221 confirmed COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern in our province. Of the total cases, 258 are active and the remaining people have recovered. This includes 3,627 cases of the B.1.1.7 (U.K.) variant, 65 cases of the B.1.351 (South Africa) variant and 1,529 cases of the P.1 (Brazil) variant. This data will be updated weekly and included in the BC Centre for Disease Control's COVID-19 weekly surveillance report. 

As for the vaccination program the results today indicate that 1,148,993 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca-SII COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the province, 87,785 of which are second doses.

When it comes to the future delivery of vaccine, the Health Minister and Doctor Henry talked in a  bit of riddle today, offering up a statement that leaves a fair bit to interpret and no indication of the province having a strong supply line for the vaccines at the moment.

“We are adapting our vaccine delivery in step with our supply and will continue to do that moving forward. If needed, we will pivot, pause or shift our delivery to maximize protection to as many people as possible.

The full statement for Tuesday can be reviewed here.

BC CDC data for British Columbia for April 13, 2021

BC CDC data for Northern Health  Region  for April 13, 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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