There are now 7,279 cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in B.C. after health officials announced 317 new cases Monday.
There were 137 new cases of the virus between Friday and Saturday, 119 from Saturday to Sunday, and 61 from Sunday to Monday.
Four of these cases were epi-linked.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports that there are 2,557 cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), 3,754 in Fraser Health, 195 on Vancouver Island, 473 in Interior Health and 216 in Northern Health.
Additionally, there have been 84 cases of COVID-19 in B.C. of people who reside outside of Canada.
There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. In total, 13 long-term care or assisted-living facilities and acute-care facilities have active outbreaks.
There have been no new community outbreaks. However, there continue to be community exposure events at other locations and on flights into and out of the province.
There have been six new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 219 deaths in British Columbia.
Of the total COVID-19 cases, 58 individuals are hospitalized, 16 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation. As well, 3,047 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases.
There are 1,594 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 5,446 people who tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered.
Alerts are posted on the BC Centre for Disease Control’s (BCCDC) website, as well as on health authorities’ websites, providing details on where the potential exposure occurred and what actions to take – whether you need to self-isolate or monitor for symptoms.
