BC COVID-19 Update – February 8, 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 Feb. 5 to 6, we had 428 new cases. From Feb. 6 to 7, we had 465 new cases and in the last 24-hours, we had a further 343 new cases.

“This results in a total of 1,236 new cases, including five epi-linked cases, for a total of 70,952 cases in British Columbia.

“There are 3,976 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. There are 234 individuals currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 69 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

“Currently, 6,923 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and a further 65,605 people who tested positive have recovered.

“Since we last reported, we have had 266 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 601 new cases in the Fraser Health region, 86 in the Island Health region, 152 in the Interior Health region, 131 in the Northern Health region and no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada.

“To date, 154,496 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in B.C., 12,111 of which are second doses.

“There have been 13 new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,259 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost loved ones to COVID-19.

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

(Previous numbers in brackets)

New Cases – 1,236 *Day 1-428, Day 2-465, Day 3-343

Total Cases – 70,952 (69,716)

Active Cases – 3,976 (4,423)

Patients in Hospital – 234 (253)

Patients in ICU – 69 (70)

New Deaths – 13

Totals Deaths – 1,259 (1,246)

 

Health region breakdown of new cases

Vancouver Coastal – +266

Fraser – +601

Island – +86

Interior – +152

Northern – +131

Outside Canada – +0

 

More to come.