BC COVID-19 Update – January 14, 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 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia:

“Today, we are reporting 536 new cases, including six epi-linked cases, for a total of 59,608 cases in British Columbia.

“There are 4,624 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. There are 362 individuals currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 74 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

“Currently, 7,303 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and a further 52,605 people who tested positive have recovered.

“Since we last reported, we have had 102 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 253 new cases in the Fraser Health region, 21 in the Island Health region, 115 in the Interior Health region, 45 in the Northern Health region and no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada.

“To date, 69,746 people have received a COVID-19 vaccine in B.C.

“There have been seven new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,038 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

(Previous numbers in brackets)

New Cases – 536

Total Cases – 59,608 (59,072)

Active Cases – 4,624 (4,810)

Patients in Hospital – 362 (360)

Patients in ICU – 72 (76)

New Deaths – 7

Totals Deaths – 1,038 (1,031)

Vaccines Administrated – 69,746 (63,430)

Health region breakdown of new cases

Vancouver Coastal – +102

Fraser – +253

Island – +21

Interior – +115

Northern – +45

Outside Canada – +0

More to come.

 

– Written by Michael Reeve