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There have been 624 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in BC since Thursday.
Active COVID-19 cases now close to 10,000
Published 5:01 PST, Fri December 18, 2020
Last Updated: 2:13 PDT, Wed May 12, 2021
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There are now close to 10,000 active cases of COVID-19 in BC.
In a joint statement today, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix reported there were 624 new cases (four epi-linked) since Thursday, for a total of 45,400 cases in the province.There are 356 individuals currently hospitalized, 92 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation. Currently, 10,211 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and a further 33,589 people who tested positive have recovered.
"Since we last reported, we have had 106 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 406 new cases in the Fraser Health region, five in the Island Health region, 60 in the Interior Health region, 47 in the Northern Health region and no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada,” they noted.
Yesterday, 1,376 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were given to BC front-line healthcare workers. That is a total of 2,592 doses to date.
"The focus of our immunization program right now is to safely protect as many people as possible as efficiently as we can, but we have to remember that this is a global effort with many aspects often changing. As more vaccine arrives in the coming weeks, we all need to be patient and continue to follow public health orders to keep our communities safe,” they said.
"There have been 11 new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 724 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic.
While there were no new health-care facility outbreaks, there has been one new community outbreak at Rossdown Natural Foods.
"With the holiday season here, we are all looking to find creative and safe ways to connect with our families, friends and loved ones,” they said. "For many, that means getting together virtually over a meal, watching holiday movie favourites or discovering new ways to connect safely from afar, such as a holiday bake-off over video conference or hosting an online games night or scavenger hunt with friends. This holiday season is about finding ways to celebrate safely, knowing that what we are doing now will help ensure we can safely spend time with our loved ones in the new year. The steps we take in the last days of 2020 are going to ensure a brighter, healthier and safer 2021 for all of us."
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