There are now 5,952 cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in B.C. after health officials announced 104 new cases Wednesday.
Six of these new cases are epi-linked.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports that there are 1,974 cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), 3,112 in Fraser Health, 178 on Vancouver Island, 445 in Interior Health and 164 in Northern Health.
Additionally, there have been 79 cases of COVID-19 in B.C. of people who reside outside of Canada.
There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Surrey Memorial Hospital and the outbreak at Langley Memorial Hospital has been declared over. In total, eight long-term care or assisted-living facilities and two 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 no new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 209 deaths in British Columbia.
Of the total COVID-19 cases, 33 individuals are hospitalized, 14 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation. As well, 2,786 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases.
There are 1,127 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 4,605 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.
“Getting back to work and back to school is also about getting back to the basics with our COVID-19 safety measures," she said.
“We need to redouble our efforts to ensure our layers of protection are always part of our daily routines – for everyone in our family. This will allow us to push our curve down once again.
“Take some time to think about your personal circumstances and those of your family. Who may be vulnerable to severe illness and what are you doing to protect them? With each of us doing our part, we can protect our communities, our elders and our loved ones.
“Let’s choose to keep our groups small. Let’s choose to be the person that stays home when we are ill and let’s choose to be safe each and every day while COVID-19 remains in our communities.”
