Joint statement on B.C.’s COVID-19 response, latest updates
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Stephen Brown, deputy minister of health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia. Read the full statement here.
– 223 new cases, including five epi-linked cases, total of 12,554 cases in British Columbia.
– 2,009 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, 4,637 people who are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases, 10,247 people who tested positive have recovered, 75 individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19, 24 are in intensive care and the remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation.
– Since the start of the pandemic, there have been
- 4,319 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region,
- 6,864 in the Fraser Health region,
- 250 in the Island Health region,
- 662 in the Interior Health region,
- 371 in the Northern Health region and
- 88 cases of people who reside outside of Canada.
– no new COVID-19 related deaths, total of 256 deaths in British Columbia.
– two new health-care facility outbreaks and two new community outbreaks at Coast Spas Manufacturing and Pace Processing. There also continue to be exposure events around the province. Public alerts and notifications are posted on the BC Centre for Disease Control’s (BCCDC) website and on all health authorities’ websites.
– In recent days, we have seen a number of new outbreaks of COVID-19 in the community and in long-term care facilities. Contact-tracing teams throughout our province are working around the clock to stop further spread, but it requires all of us to do our part to be successful in these efforts.
– This is our opportunity and the time to take a step back from our social interactions and keep our groups small this weekend. In doing this, we show our appreciation and support for the important work of contact tracers.
– It is also the time to show kindness to those around us. None of us know the stories and experiences of those around us, so let’s make this weekend one of compassion and care for everyone.