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COVID-19 in B.C.: New case count rises above 600, eight new deaths, and more

As B.C. prepares for its next actions in the provincial immunization program, the new case depend has risen higher than 600 at the time once again, which continues to be trigger for concern, as are the continuing variety of deaths.

Quantities in all other classes have risen as effectively.

Nowadays, B.C. introduced the upcoming age-based and prioritized teams that will be ready to routine vaccine appointments, and how the immunization method will carry on in the coming months. For additional information, see this posting.

B.C. provincial wellbeing officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Wellbeing Minister Adrian Dix announced in a joint statement that there are 622 new instances in B.C. right now.

That incorporates, by region:

  • 317 new scenarios in Fraser Health
  • 184 in Vancouver Coastal Wellness
  • 54 in Northern Overall health
  • 35 in Island Well being
  • 30 in Inside Health
  • two people today from outside of Canada.

Currently, there are 4,941 lively conditions, which is an improve of 90 instances.

With 5 a lot more folks admitted to hospitals, there are now 286 folks are presently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 85 of all those patients are in intensive treatment units (which is two more individuals considering that yesterday).

General public overall health is checking 9,620 persons immediately after exposures to identified conditions, which is an increase of 148 people today

Irrespective of vaccinations, COVID-19 continues to declare lives. Nowadays, Henry and Dix introduced eight new COVID-19-linked fatalities. The complete amount of fatalities all through the pandemic is now at 1,419 men and women who have died.

Considering that yesterday, 530 people today have recovered, a cumulative total of 83,613 folks have now recovered.

Around the study course of the pandemic, B.C. has recorded a cumulative overall of 90,049 scenarios,

  • 52,640 circumstances in Fraser Well being
  • 21,115 in Vancouver Coastal Health and fitness
  • 7,934 in Inside Wellness
  • 5,361 in Northern Wellbeing
  • 2,835 in Island Well being
  • 164 folks from exterior of Canada.
B.C. Overall health Minister Adrian Dix, with B.C. immunization executive lead Dr. Penny Ballem and provincial wellbeing officer Dr. Bonnie Henry
Province of British Columbia

Henry and Dix said that there are 136 new COVID-19 variant conditions. That brings the cumulative full quantity to 1,132 variant circumstances in B.C.

At this time, 143 cases are lively.

Of the total instances, there have been:

  • 1,040 conditions of the B117 (U.K.) variant
  • 41 conditions of the B1351 (South Africa) variant
  • 51 scenarios of the P1 (Brazil) variant.

As of currently, 465,584 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and AstraZeneca-SII vaccines have been administered in B.C. Of those, 87,120 have been 2nd doses.

For a next consecutive day, there’s very good information as no new health care or group outbreaks have been introduced.

Henry and Dix stated that the outbreak at Chartwell Hampton Household in Chilliwack has been declared in excess of.

In addition, none of the five regional wellbeing authorities—once again—added any new community publicity situations.

The B.C. Centre for Ailment Control (BCCDC) included the adhering to 4 flights to its lists of general public COVID-19 exposures:

  • March 8: Air Canada/Jazz 8564, Vancouver to Smithers
  • March 9: Air Canada/Jazz 8550, Vancouver to Regina
  • March 11: Air Canada 215, Calgary to Vancouver
  • March 12: Air Canada 314, Vancouver to Montreal.

Affected row information is outlined at the BCCDC web page.

Sobeys stated Thrifty Food items (310 Edgemont Boulevard) in North Vancouver, which experienced an personnel who examined beneficial who previous labored at the location on March 12.

Loblaw added six stores which experienced staff members who tested optimistic.

4 places were Consumers Drug Mart stores:

  • one particular worker who examined good very last worked on March 11 at 104– and 201–748 Burrard Road in Vancouver
  • just one employee who analyzed constructive past worked on March 11 at 1295 Seymour Road in Vancouver
  • just one employee who analyzed positive very last labored on March 12 at 586 Granville Avenue in Vancouver
  • just one employee who examined favourable very last worked on March 12 at 6–12830 96th Avenue in Surrey.

Two of the locations had been at Real Canadian Superstore:

  • two personnel who tested constructive last worked on March 5 and 9 at 19851 Willowbrook Travel in Langley
  • just one worker who examined favourable last labored on March 6 at 6–291 Cowichan Way P.R. in Duncan.

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