by Province of British Columbia on Monday March 15 2021
Dr. Bonnie Henry said there have been 163 new confirmed COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern in our province over the last three days, for a total of 880 cases.
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 on three periods. From March 12 to 13, we had 555 new cases. From March 13 to 14, we had 491 new cases and in the last 24 hours, we had a further 460 new cases.
“This results in a total of 1,506 new cases, including eight epi-linked cases, for a total of 88,373 cases in British Columbia.
A net total of 14 more infected people have been added to B.C. hospitals in the past three days, for a total of 269 individuals – the most since February 3, almost six weeks ago. Of those, 76 are sick enough to be in intensive care units (ICUs) – the most since February 4. Health Minister Adrian Dix said that there remains space in B.C. hospitals. When all newly added beds are included, B.C. hospitals are at 72.1% capacity, with ICUs at 53.6% capacity. The case count in the province continues at a steady pace: 555 new cases on March 13, another 491 on March 14, and 460 cases in the past 24 hours. That is a total of 1,506 people in three days, keeping the province s daily average above the 500-case threshold.
by Province of British Columbia on Monday Mar 15 2021 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 on three periods. From March 12 to 13, we had 555 new cases. From March 13 to 14, we had 491 new cases and in the last 24 hours, we had a further 460 new cases.
“This results in a total of 1,506 new cases, including eight epi-linked cases, for a total of 88,373 cases in British Columbia.
“There are 4,987 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 9,359 people under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases. A further 81,890 people who tested positive have recovered.
by Craig Takeuchi on March 15th, 2021 at 7:00 PM 1 of 2 2 of 2
New case counts remained above 400 each day over the weekend.
As the AstraZeneca vaccine arrives in B.C., provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry explained who will receive this vaccine, and also addressed concerns about this vaccine raised by some countries suspending its use.
B.C. update: March 12 to 15
Henry announced there were 1,506 new cases over the past three time periods, which includes:
555 new cases from March 12 to 13;
491 new cases from March 13 to 14;
460 new cases from March 14 to 15.
By region, that includes:
382 in Vancouver Coastal Health;
129 in Northern Health;
no one from outside of Canada.