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. 8 to 9, we had 538 new cases. From Jan. 9 to 10, we had 507 new cases and in the last 24 hours, we had a further
by Castlegar Source on Monday Jan 11 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 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia:
“Today, we are reporting on three periods. From Jan. 8 to 9, we had 538 new cases. From Jan. 9 to 10, we had 507 new cases and in the last 24 hours, we had a further 430 new cases.
“This results in a total of 1,475 new cases of COVID-19 over the three-day period, for a total of 58,107 cases in British Columbia.
“There are 5,220 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. There are 358 individuals currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 72 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
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The Northern Health region is suffering from a disproportionate amount of COVID-19 deaths in B.C. with more deaths over the last reporting period than the much-larger Vancouver Coastal Health.
On Monday, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said there were 1,475 cases reported between noon Friday and noon Monday, and 22 deaths. Of those deaths, five were in Northern Health, compared with one in Vancouver Coastal. Northern Health is responsible for 300,000 people compared with 1.25 million in Vancouver Coastal.
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