By Greg Fry

COVID-19 update

542 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 44 in Northern Health

Mar 3, 2021 | 3:58 PM

VICTORIA — Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 542 new cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia today (Mar.3), including 44 in the Northern Health region.

Here’s the regional breakdown:

• Vancouver Coastal Health: 131
• Fraser Health: 292
• Island Health: 31
• Interior Health: 43
• Northern Health: 44

That brings the total number of people who have been diagnosed with the virus in B.C. to 81,909, 75,819 of which have recovered.

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“There are 4,654 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 8,617 people under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases,” Henry says.

“Of the active cases, 246 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 64 of whom are in intensive care.”

She adds there have also been 18 new confirmed COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern in our province, for a total of 200 cases. Of the total cases, 11 are active and the remaining people have recovered. This includes 176 cases of the U.K. variant and 24 cases of the South Africa variant.

To date, she says 289,809 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in B.C., 86,616 of which are second doses.

Sadly there have been seven new deaths bringing B.C.’s death toll to 1,372.