VICTORIA — The provincial government has announced 1,005 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C.
Here’s the regional breakdown:
A total of 117,080 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in B.C., 105,291 people have recovered.
“There are 10,081 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 15,877 people under public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases,” says Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix.
“There are currently 5,739 cases of COVID-19 that are confirmed variants of concern in our province. Of the total cases, 212 are active and the remaining people have recovered. This includes 3,858 cases of the B.1.1.7 (U.K.) variant, 71 cases of the B.1.351 (South Africa) variant and 1,810 cases of the P.1 (Brazil) variant.”
Henry and Dix says 425 people remain in hospital, 127 of whom are in intensive care.
Sadly, there have been six new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,530 deaths in B.C.
To date, 1,282,091 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, 87,970 of which are second doses.
