The trend continues.
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Minister of Health Adrian Dix announced today in a written statement (Aug. 14) 84 more COVID-19 cases have been discovered in the past day for a provincial total of 4,358.
Yesterday marked the fifth-highest single-day case count during the pandemic with 78. Today is the fourth-highest single-day case count since the pandemic started. It's also the first time that B.C. has had more than 70 cases for three straight days.
Northern Health has another case to add to its total and now sits at 107 overall. There are 16 active cases in the northern region with 91 people recovered.
Haida Gwaii is in its third week under a community-outbreak alert since it was initially declared on July 24.
.@Northern_Health says 25 of the 26 positive COVID-19 cases on Haida Gwaii are now recovered as community-outbreak measures are still in place. It adds there are 4 close contacts to the lone active case, who continue to self-isolate | #CityOfPG #NorthernBC @PGMatters pic.twitter.com/mikeIMIIZp
— Kyle Balzer (@KyleBalzer) August 14, 2020
Henry reported no new deaths from the virus in the past day, for a total of 196, while 3,533 have recovered.
There are 629 cases in B.C. with 12 hospitalized and four in intensive care.
The numbers from Monday to today are as follows:
- Monday (Aug. 10) - 131 cases announced * three-day reporting period
- Tuesday (Aug. 11) - 46 cases announced
- Wednesday (Aug. 12) - 85 cases announced
- Thursday (Aug. 13) - 78 cases announced
- Friday (Aug. 14) - 84 cases announced
There have been 1,354 recorded cases in Vancouver Coastal Health, 2,276 in Fraser Health, 150 in Island Health and 399 in the Interior Health Region.
-0 new deaths in past day total 196
— Jess Balzer (@jessicajbalzer) August 14, 2020
-629 active cases
-12 hospitalized in B.C.
-4 in ICU#covidBC #covid19 #covid19BC #bc #northernhealth @PGMatters
Henry also announced there has been a new health-care facility outbreak in the Fraser Health region at Queen's Park Care Centre. There are now seven long-term care or assisted-living facilities and two acute-care facilities have active outbreaks.
Officials are once again stressing the need to stary strong and take precautions to protect themselves and others around them.
“This weekend, we urge everyone to stay strong and hold the line," the statement reads. "We have it within our ability to make the changes we need to bend our pandemic curve back down and continue in our B.C. restart, but it takes the combined efforts of everyone, not just a few.
“Keeping a safe distance from people you don’t know or who are not in your close group of family and friends is an important way to protect yourself from COVID-19 transmission. And always stay home and stay away from others if you have symptoms of COVID-19, however mild."
