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April 26, 2021
B.C.’s COVID-19 updates for April 26
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, today (April 26) issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the COVID-19 response in British Columbia.
Dr. Bonnie Henry
Today, we are reporting on three periods: from April 23 to 24, we had 881 new cases, from April 24 to 25, we had 847 new cases and in the last 24 hours, we had a further 763 new cases.
This results in 2,491 new cases over these periods, for a total of 126,249 cases in British Columbia.
There are 8,199 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 12,340 people under public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases. A further 116,241 people who tested positive have recovered.
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 April 23 to 24, we had 881 new cases, from April 24 to 25, we had 847 new cases and in the last 24 hours, we had a further 763 new cases.
British Columbia hospitalizations set new record as COVID-19 variants spread
British Columbia’s health care system is becoming increasingly strained as active COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations reach their highest-ever levels in Canada’s West Coast province.
As of Saturday evening, 486 people stricken by COVID-19 were hospitalized and 160 in intensive care. The rapid rise in infections is the direct product of the provincial New Democratic Party (NDP) government’s reckless open economy/open schools policy, which has created an ideal environment for the new, more infectious variants to flourish among younger, working-age adults.
Currently, there are 8,842 active COVID-19 cases in BC and a further 12,608 people are in self-isolation after public health agency warnings that they have potentially been exposed to infected persons.
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The youngest death in BC due to COVID-19 was a baby who died in January, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said on Monday.
Speaking during a press conference, Henry said the child’s family lived in the Interior Health region, and that the child had been receiving care at BC Children’s Hospital before their death.
Henry said she was sharing the information today because the coroner’s investigation only just finished last week.
The investigation “determined that COVID-19 was indeed a factor in this infant’s death,” she said.
“This is the youngest death we have had from COVID-19 in our province,” said Henry, adding that no further information will be released, citing family privacy.
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