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The pandemic still chugs along with each day bringing what health officials say is too many new cases. Another 550 British Columbians were told in the past day that they have contracted the virus that health officials have warned about since January 2020. This brings the total number of those infected by the virus in B.C. to 85,119 people – more than 92.5% of whom, or 78,770 individuals, are considered to have recovered because they have tested negative for the virus twice. The. number of those actively battling infections rose by 15 overnight to 4,869 people. Health officials are closely monitoring another 8,971 individuals for symptoms because they have had known contact with people who have been identified as carrying the virus.
VICTORIA — British Columbia s premier and health minister refused to directly answer questions Wednesday about the government s contract with Telus, the provider whose call centres for COVID-19 . . .
British Columbia's premier and health minister refused to directly answer questions Wednesday about the government's contract with Telus, the provider whose call centres for COVID-19 vaccine appointments got off to a chaotic start.
Health officials test for variants after they have initially detected that an individual has COVID-19, so all newly determined variant cases were not necessarily cases that were discovered overnight. Nonetheless, B.C. reported that officials had discovered overnight 51 new COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern, for a total of 627 cases. Of the people who have been infected with a variant strain, 109 are actively battling infections, while 518 individuals have recovered. The B.1.1.7 (U.K.) variant is the dominant variant strain in B.C., with 580 total cases, while there are 33 cases of the B.1.351 (South Africa) variant, and 14 cases of the P.1 (Brazil) variant, provincial health officer Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said in a joint statement.