by Craig Takeuchi on January 18th, 2021 at 5:30 PM 1 of 2 2 of 2
Today’s B.C. COVID-19 briefing by B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix provided some encouraging signs that case numbers are stabilizing or decreasing in some categories.
However, the number of deaths remains troubling, and Henry and Dix reminded everyone to continue practising safety measures as risks continue to remain present, even with the vaccination program is underway.
Meanwhile, there were 13 confirmed cases among people from outside of Canada, and exposure events on over 30 flights and at 12 stores.
B.C. update: January 15 to 18
VANCOUVER More than 30 people died of COVID-19 over the weekend in B.C., health officials announced in an update Monday. Speaking live from Victoria, the provincial health officer said the province s pandemic death toll has climbed to 1,078. The vast majority of those who died over the last three days were seniors and Elders in long-term care, Dr. Bonnie Henry said, offering condolences to those who ve lost loved ones. Additionally, another 1,330 people have been confirmed to have the disease, Henry said. Thirteen of those cases were in patients who normally reside outside of Canada. The province s top doctor didn t provide specifics, but said most of the people in that group are temporary foreign workers who ve come to B.C. to work on farms ahead of the coming agricultural season.
by Province of British Columbia on Monday Jan 18 2021
There were 31 new COVID-19 deaths reported over the weekend, with four happening in Interior Health.
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 on three periods. From Jan. 15 to 16, we had 584 new cases. From Jan. 16 to 17, we had 445 new cases and in the last 24-hours, we had a further 301 new cases. This results in a total of 1,330 new cases, including four epi-linked cases, for a total of 61,447 cases in British Columbia.
B.C. passed the 60,000-person threshold for COVID-19 infections on January 15, as health officials detected 509 new cases, pushing the total number of infections in B.C. to 60,117. The number of . . .