Today's overview was by way of a written statement, it was provided following a press conference from earlier in the day that share a range of new data on the virus and the provinces response to it.
“Today, we are reporting 471 new cases, including four epi-linked cases, for a total of 69,716 cases in British Columbia.
There are 4,423 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. There are 253 individuals currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 70 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation.
Currently, 6,886 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases. A further 62,567 people who tested positive have recovered.
“There have been six new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,246 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost loved ones to COVID-19.
Across the regions health authorities 108 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded ssdein the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 208 new cases in the Fraser Health region, 28 in the Island Health region, 56 in the Interior Health region,
71 new cases were reported in the Northern Health region, that brings the Northern BC total to 3,681 since the virus first arrived in s 2020.
There were no new cases of COVID reported among people in BC who reside outside of Canada.
The provincial vaccination program continued forward to date, 149,564 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in B.C., 10,366 of which are second doses.
Today's statement also called attention to the presentation from earlier in the day when Doctor Henry and Minister Dix provided some of the modelling in place towards tracking the coronavirus.
At the same information session, the two public officials announced that the current restrictions on gathering and other provincial health orders would be remaining in place for the rest of the month at least, with a review to come at that time towards the potential easing of them heading into the Spring.
We need to stay on the path we have been on so far in 2021 and remember that one or two superspreading events, or even a small increase in our risky contact with others, can quickly counteract all of that work. Seeing one more friend or having one birthday party with those outside our household is all that it could take.
We want a smooth, flat path to the finish with few, if any, hurdles of outbreaks or unchecked transmission in our community. We are not quite there yet, but we are getting closer every day."
You can can review more of today's statement here.
The BC Centre for Disease control has some valuable Coronavirus notes related to COVID-19 you can explore that information here.
You can learn more about the outbreak from both the Province and the Federal government from the links below:
Federal Government site
British Columbia Government site
The World Health Organization website also offers up the latest advisories on the global situation.
More from Northern Health can be reviewed here
You can review our archive of past statements and local information here.
Local governments and organizations have also provided for increased awareness of COVID-19 issues, those past advisories can be reviewed here.
For notes from across Canada and British Columbia we have been archiving the latest items through our political portal Darcy McGee
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| BC CDC data for British Columbia as of February 5, 2020 |
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| BC CDC data for Northern Health region as of February 5, 2020 |
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