There are now 6,691 cases of the novel coronavirus in B.C. after health officials announced 100 new cases Wednesday.
As for active cases, 1,378 people are currently battling the disease. Current hospitalizations account for 37 of those people, of whom 15 are in intensive care.
“The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation,” Health Minister Adrian Dix and Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported.
This brings Sept. 9 totals to 2,285 COVID-19 cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), 3,482 in Fraser Health, 185 on Vancouver Island, 462 in Interior Health, and 193 in Northern Health.
Two new COVID-19 outbreaks have been declared – one at a long-term care facility, Royal Arch Masonic Home in Vancouver’s Chaplain Heights neighborhood, and another at Milieu Children and Family Services Society community living facility in the Fraser Health region.
Aside from that, there have been no new community outbreaks “though there continue to be community exposure events,” detailed the joint announcement.
On Wednesday Henry and Dix, alongside B.C. Premier John Horgan, announced the province's plan to spend around $1.6-billion this fall to take on the flu season along with the pandemic.
“This fall and winter, we will be facing two health challenges – the usual respiratory season as well as COVID-19. What this means is that we have to put measures in place now to ensure our health-care centres, communities and all of us are ready for what may be ahead.”
No new deaths have been associated with the disease, the officials confirmed.
Previously, 5,086 people who tested positive for the virus have recovered.
