Another six British Columbians have died overnight from complications related to the COVID-19 virus, bringing the province s death toll from the pandemic to 1,240, according to Ministry of Health . . .
Another 16 people died from the virus overnight. That is twice as many as yesterday, and it raises the province s death toll from the virus to 1,234, since the first death was recorded in the province on March 9, 2020. With 414 new infections, there have been a total of 68,780 cases of COVID-19 in the province since the first case was detected on January 28, 2020. More than 89.6% of those people, or 61,643, are listed as having recovered because they have had two consecutive negative tests. There are 4,426 people who are actively battling infections. The data fails to account for 1,477 people, out of the 68,780 total who are listed as having been infected, and health officials have told Glacier Media that the most likely reason for this is the individuals left the province without updating authorities on their status.
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 COVID-19 response in British Columbia: “Today, we are reporting 414 new cases, including seven epi-linked cases, for a total of 68,780 cases in British Columbia. “There are 4,426 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.
The number of people in B.C. with serious enough infections to be hospitalized due to the COVID-19 virus has fallen to a 10-week low, according to new data the province released February 3. . . .
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