BC COVID-19 Update – February 1, 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 on three periods: from Jan. 29 to 30, we had 408 new cases, from Jan. 30 to 31, we had 473 new cases and in the last 24 hours, we had a further 277 new cases.

“This results in a total of 1,158 new cases over the last three days, including four epi-linked cases, for a total of 67,937 cases in British Columbia.

“There are 4,134 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. There are 289 individuals currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 79 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation.

“Currently, 7,242 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and a further 61,117 people who tested positive have recovered.

“Since we last reported, we have had 295 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 493 new cases in the Fraser Health region, 78 in the Island Health region, 194 in the Interior Health region, 98 in the Northern Health region and no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada.

“To date, 138,892 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in B.C., 4,491 of which are second doses.

“There have been 21 new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,210 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Bonnie Henry has provided the latest COVID-19 figures in BC.

(Previous numbers in brackets)

New Cases – 1,158 *Day 1-408, Day 2-473, Day 3-277

Total Cases – 67,937 (66,779)

Active Cases – 4,134 (4,557)

Patients in Hospital – 289 (292)

Patients in ICU – 79 (74)

New Deaths – 21

Totals Deaths – 1,210 (1,189)

 

Health region breakdown of new cases

Vancouver Coastal – +295

Fraser – +493

Island – +78

Interior – +194

Northern – +98

Outside Canada – +0

 

More to come.