Northern British Columbia has set a new record for COVID-19 positivity in the province, with a seven day average of 10.6 positives for every 100 tests conducted.
This is the highest rate recorded by any health region in British Columbia since the pandemic began, with Fraser Health topping out at a positivity rate of 9.2 in November.
Northern Health also continues to have the highest rate of COVID-19 patients in critical care in B.C. As of Monday afternoon, 18 of 87 critical care patients in B.C. were from northern B.C., meaning a region with just six per cent of the population accounted for more than twenty per cent of critical care patients.