B.C. reported 625 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. and eight more deaths on Wednesday.
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Posted: Jan 06, 2021 5:00 AM PT | Last Updated: January 7
People are pictured during high winds on the White Rock Pier in White Rock, British Columbia on Wednesday, December 30, 2020. (Ben Nelms/CBC) comments
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The province says 90 per cent of patients whose surgeries were delayed during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic had their procedures completed by late November.
Two Vancouver Island city councillors have admitted to travelling outside the country during the holiday season.
A public health alert is currently in place for the Revelstoke region after a sudden spike in cases.
Nearly 90% of postponed non-urgent surgeries in the North have been completed
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At the beginning of the pandemic in March, 17,418 non-urgent surgeries with a wait time of longer than 6 months were postponed across BC.
On May 7th, Northern Health was able to begin contacting patients for non-urgent surgeries and 4,758 people have been contacted as of November 22nd.
Since November 12th, 89% of the postponed surgeries in the North have been completed, just slightly below the province’s 90% completion rate.
The waitlist for non-urgent surgeries in the North is now at 3,853 even though 511 people have been removed from the list as of November 22nd.
VANCOUVER A B.C. hospital has declared a precautionary COVID-19 outbreak after cases were confirmed in one of its units. Northern Health posted a notice about the cases at University Hospital of Northern B.C. in Prince George on Wednesday. So far, two patients and four staff have tested positive for the disease in the internal medicine unit, but no evidence of ongoing transmission has been recorded. Northern Health Public Health is closely monitoring for additional cases, and the facility is taking steps to protect the health of staff and those they care for, with enhanced outbreak precautions, the health authority said in a statement.