B.C. recorded 761 new COVID-19 infections on January 7 – the highest number of cases in a 24-hour period since November 27, when 911 new cases were identified. That high number of new cases . . .
Prior to Thursday s announcement, the orders were set to expire on Friday. We are in this period of greatest risk and greatest potential benefit, Henry said. We know the vast majority of people are doing the right thing. (But) the numbers of new cases show that some people in all health authorities. decided to make an exception for themselves. The province has seen numbers rising over the past few days as people who gathered over the holidays begin to show symptoms and get tested. While a total of 41,064 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in B.C. so far, that is no where near the 60 to 75 per cent vaccination rate needed to stop community transmission, Henry said.
B.C. on January 6 reported that it has a record 381 people in hospitals with COVID-19 infections, with 78 of those people sick enough to be in intensive care units. The province also recorded its . . .
B.C. recorded 428 new COVID-19 in the past 24 hours on January 5 – the lowest daily total since December 31, when there were 374 cases. With 5,915 tests conducted, the positive-test rate was . . .
by Craig Takeuchi on December 29th, 2020 at 6:00 PM 1 of 2 2 of 2
The good news is that over the holiday weekend, new COVID-19 case counts in B.C. remained around 500 or less.
Unfortunately, there’s a catch: B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said at today’s B.C. COVID-19 briefing that she believes that part of the reason that numbers are down is because people haven t been testing as much over the holiday weekend.
She said testing has been reduced by as much as 50 percent in some places.
“Partly it’s people don’t want to be tested and have to isolate before this holiday, which is worrisome,” she said, “because we know that people are getting together some people and even it’s just your household, you may bring this into your household and spread it to them.”