A woman with a long history of criminal convictions for pretending to be a nurse worked at a long-term care home in Vancouver at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, CBC News has learned.
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January 8, 2021
B.C.’s COVID-19 updates for Jan. 8
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, today (Jan. 8) issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia.
Today, we are reporting 617 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 56,632 cases in British Columbia.
There are 6,118 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. There are 358 individuals currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 75 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
Currently, 8,755 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and a further 48,205 people who tested positive have recovered.
The death toll from the virus in the province is nearing 1,000, with a total of 988 people losing their lives so far, including 18 individuals in the past day. The percentage of people who have recovered from the virus keeps rising, as more than 85%, or 48,205 people, out of the 56,632 people infected since last January, have had their illness deemed to be over. Health officials are monitoring 8,755 people because they have had an identified exposure to someone known to be carrying the virus. Health officials continue to vaccinate healthcare workers and seniors in care homes, with 5,195 people vaccinated in the past day, for a total of 46,259 people vaccinated since vaccinations launched on December 16.
B.C. recorded 761 new COVID-19 infections on January 7 – the highest number of cases in a 24-hour period since November 27, when 911 new cases were identified. That high number of new cases . . .