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April 29, 2021
B.C.’s COVID-19 updates for April 29
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, today (April 29) issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the COVID-19 response in British Columbia:
Today, we are reporting 853 new cases, for a total of 128,742 cases in British Columbia.
There are 7,996 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 11,628 people under public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases. A further 118,937 people who tested positive have recovered.
Of the active cases, 503 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 178 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
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B.C. is using its limited stock of AstraZeneca vaccines to target “hot spot” communities, including in the Lower Mainland, which recorded more than 80 per cent of new COVID-19 cases in the province.
On Tuesday, B.C. reported 799 new coronavirus cases, with 534 in the Fraser Health region and 121 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region.
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On the same day, the province dropped its age-eligibility of the AstraZeneca vaccine to 30 years old in some high-transmission communities. Pop-up clinics set up by Fraser Health in Surrey and Coquitlam drew long lines, with some people waiting a couple hours to get the jab.
by Lone Sheep Publishing on Tuesday April 27 2021
BC Premier John Horgan said the end of this pandemic is in sight, but the province is not there yet. BC Government file photo
On the same day there was a reported 799 new COVID-19 cases, for a total of 127,048 cases in British Columbia, the BC Government formally extended the provincial state of emergency, allowing health and emergency management officials to continue to use extraordinary powers under the Emergency Program Act (EPA) to support the Province s COVID-19 pandemic response.
The state of emergency is extended through the end of the day on May 11, 2021, to allow staff to take the necessary actions to keep British Columbians safe and manage immediate concerns and COVID-19 outbreaks.
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April 27, 2021
B.C.’s COVID-19 updates for April 27
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, today (April 27) issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the COVID-19 response in British Columbia.
Today, we are reporting 799 new cases, for a total of 127,048 cases in British Columbia.
There are 8,089 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 11,792 people under public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases. A further 117,150 people who tested positive have recovered.
Of the active cases, 500 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 164 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation.