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February 10, 2021
B.C.’s COVID-19 updates for Feb. 10
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 COVID-19 response in British Columbia.
Today, we are reporting a total of 469 new cases, including five epi-linked cases, for a total of 71,856 cases in British Columbia.
Dr. Bonnie Henry
There are 4,305 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. There are 230 individuals currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 66 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
Currently, 6,820 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and a further 66,167 people who tested positive have recovered.
The steady decline in COVID-19-related hospitalizations across B.C. continued February 10, after a one-day blip yesterday, when the number of those in hospital rose slightly. There are now 230 . . .
COVID-19 cases in B.C. continue to remain relatively stable, averaging between 400 and 500 new cases a day. The province reported 469 cases on Wednesd.
I m monitoring for a number of things: fewer cases in our community, fewer outbreaks, or unchecked transmission in places around the province – these are important signs that we are ready [to loosen health restrictions]. Also having a better understanding of where the variants of concern are, and how they re getting into our community. B.C. now has 241 people with infections serious enough to be in hospital. That is up by seven from yesterday, and it includes 68 people whose ailments are serious enough to be in intensive care units. The province has a total of 4,393 people actively battling infections – up 417 overnight.
by Craig Takeuchi on February 8th, 2021 at 5:30 PM 1 of 3 2 of 3
At today’s B.C. COVID-19 briefing, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said she’s been talking with her colleagues a lot about the variant, as they have been watching what has been happening in other countries.
She said, much to their dismay, the variant “does change the game in some ways” if it does take off and becomes dominant.
“All of us have dreaded that,” she said, as she said it can take us back to how we were operating at the beginning of the pandemic with case management, contact tracing, and controlling every single case.