Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry (Gov BC/Flickr)
There have been less than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases in BC since Friday, health officials reported on Monday.
In a joint written statement, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said that from May 21 to May 22, there 356 new cases. From May 22 to May 23, there were 325 new cases, and in the last 24 hours, there have been 293 new cases. This brings the total number of newly recorded cases over the weekend to 974, and the provincially recorded total to 142,347.
Broken down by health region, this equates to 157 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 630 new cases in the Fraser Health region, 25 in the Island Health region, 117 in the Interior Health region, 44 in the Northern Health region, and one new case of a person who resides outside of Canada.
BC reports 974 new cases of COVID-19 over last 72 hours, 12 more deaths
The BC Government gave its latest update on the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday and the numbers appear to be heading in the right direction.
According to the province, over the last 72 hours, BC had 974 new confirmed cases of the virus. This included 356 cases between Friday and Saturday, 325 between Saturday and Sunday, and 293 cases in the last 24 hours.
At this point, there are still 3,953 actives cases of COVID-19 in the province. A further 136,603 people who tested positive have since recovered.
Within those active cases, 292 individuals are in the hospital, 96 of whom are in the Intensive Care Unit.
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 on three periods. From May 21 to May 22, we had 356 new cases. From May 22 to May 23, we had 325 new cases and in the last 24 hours, we had a further 293 new
Some restaurants are planning to reopen for indoor dining on Tuesday, when the province's "circuit breaker" to curb the spread of COVID-19 is set to expire.
Image Credit: SD23 May 22, 2021 - 2:49 PM Central Okanagan Public Schools continues to have the highest number of COVID-19 school exposures out of any school district in the region. The school district saw eight schools with potential exposures within the last two weeks, according to Interior Health and the school district. Central Okanagan Public Schools issued press releases stating May 21, Interior Health confirmed exposures at Springvalley Elementary and Rutland Senior Secondary. On May 19, exposures were also confirmed at Pearson Road Elementary, Springvalley Elementary, Rutland Middle School and Rutland Senior Secondary. May 18 also saw COVID-19 exposures at George Elliot Secondary and RSS.