2,090 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. the past two days, 33 in Northern Health

VICTORIA — Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia:

“Today, we are reporting two periods: April 1 to 2, we had 1,018 cases, and in the last 24-hours, we had a further 1,072 cases, for a total of 2,090 new cases over two days and a total of 102,970 cases overall in British Columbia.”

Dr. Henry also noted that some data was not available over the long weekend, including data on variants and hospitalizations. She said 90 British Columbians are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation.

To date, 856,801 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca-SII COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C., 87,455 of which are second doses.