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BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Over 2900 Cases And Eight New Deaths Since Friday
Cases of COVID-19 remained above or near 1000 for the last three days with eight new deaths including the first child to die from the deadly virus. Province is bringing in further restrictions including a ban on travel outside your area without a good reason to attempt to further contain exposure and bend the curb. Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, reported three periods: from April 16 to 17, BC had 1,027 new cases, from April 17 to 18 BC had 933 new cases and in the last 24 hours, there were further 1,000 new cases. This results in 2,960 new cases, for a total of 120,040 cases in British Columbia.
By PD Raj – Senior Writer DESIBUZZCanada
VICTORIA – Cases of COVID-19 remained above or near 1000 for the last three days with eight new deaths including the first child to die from the deadly virus. Province is bringing in further restrictions including a ban on travel outside your area without a good reason to attempt to further contain exposure and bend the curb.
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, reported three periods: from April 16 to 17, BC had 1,027 new cases, from April 17 to 18 BC had 933 new cases and in the last 24 hours, there were further 1,000 new cases. This results in 2,960 new cases, for a total of 120,040 cases in British Columbia.
"There are 9,353 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 14,711 people under public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases. A further 108,919 people who tested positive have recovered,” they said in a joint statement Monday.
"Of the active cases, 441 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 138 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation.
"Since we last reported, we have had 696 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 1,845 new cases in the Fraser Health region, 108 in the Island Health region, 211 in the Interior Health region, 100 in the Northern Health region and no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada.
"There are currently 5,872 cases of COVID-19 that are confirmed variants of concern in our province. Of the total cases, 191 are active and the remaining people have recovered. This includes 3,908 cases of the B.1.1.7 (U.K.) variant, 71 cases of the B.1.351 (South Africa) variant and 1,893 cases of the P.1 (Brazil) variant.
"There have been eight new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,538 deaths in British Columbia.
"Sadly we have had the first death of a child due to COVID-19 in B.C. The child was under the age of two, resided in the Fraser Health Authority and was receiving specialized care at BC Children's Hospital. Our condolences are with the family, friends, caregivers and communities of this child and with all the people who have passed away due to COVID-19.
"The outbreaks at Vernon Jubilee Hospital and the Segal Family Health Centre are now over.
"1,380,160 of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca-SII COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C., 87,970 of which are second doses.
"In addition to our age-based and worker programs, we are expanding vaccinations for people aged 40 and up who are now also eligible to receive their AstraZeneca vaccine at their local pharmacy. We are doing this after a careful review of the evidence that initially led to a pause in the expanded AstraZeneca vaccine program for younger workers.
"In addition, we will be establishing specific AstraZeneca vaccine clinics in the 13 communities with the highest identified transmission in community. People 40 and older who reside in those communities will be able to get vaccinated there. For a complete list of the 13 communities, as well as information to assist in determining if you reside in one of these communities, go to: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/vaccine/neighbourhood
"As a result of the current levels of transmission in B.C., the provincial health officer orders that were set to expire today will be extended for a further five weeks, through to May 24, 2021, at midnight.
"This includes the current restrictions on restaurants, pubs, bars and indoor group fitness activities. The Expedited Workplace Closure order also remains in place.
"New orders will be put in place later this week under the Emergency Program Act, to restrict vacation and recreation travel outside of your health authority.
"Our hospitals are stretched, our health-care workers exhausted. They are taking care of our friends and loved-ones and we need to take care of them through our actions, so they can continue to do their jobs for us.
"Let's do our part, to use our layers, to stay local and err on the side of caution, so we can put COVID-19 behind us."
