VICTORIA — The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on in British Columbia with another 624 new cases of the virus over the past 24 hours, four of which are epi-linked.
Here’s the regional breakdown of the new cases:
Vancouver Coastal Health: 106
That brings the total number of test-positive cases in B.C. to 45,400.
Sadly 11 more deaths for a total of 724 and there are currently 356 people in hospital province-wide – 92 of whom are in intensive care.
There are 9,978 active cases of the virus in B.C. and 10,211 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of exposure to known cases.
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix says that on Thursday, 1,376 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were given to B.C. front-line health-care workers, for a total of 2,592 doses to date.
“There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks,” he adds. “There has been one new community outbreak at Rossdown Natural Foods.”
“People in B.C. are counting on us,” he says. “Their faith in us is a reminder of what has not changed about this holiday season.
“It’s still a time to show kindness, generosity and consideration of others. There’s no better way to show these qualities than by continuing to act to stop COVID-19.”
