BC COVID-19 Update – February 4, 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 COVID-19 response in British Columbia:

“Today, we are reporting 465 new cases, including three epi-linked cases, for a total of 69,245 cases in British Columbia.

“There are 4,447 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. There are 257 individuals currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 76 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

“Currently, 6,943 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and a further 62,078 people who tested positive have recovered.

“Since we last reported, we have had 98 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 234 new cases in the Fraser Health region, 27 in the Island Health region, 54 in the Interior Health region, 52 in the Northern Health region and no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada.

“To date, 145,567 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in B.C., 8,097 of which are second doses.

“There have been six new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,240 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic.