VICTORIA Health officials identified five new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Island region Thursday. The cases were among 54 new infections confirmed across B.C. over the past 24 hours, according to the health ministry. The province has now reported 148,282 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, including 5,189 cases in the island region. There are currently 650 active cases of COVID-19 across the province, including 29 active cases in the Vancouver Island region. Two people are in hospital with COVID-19 in the island region, and one more is in critical care, according to the BC Centre for Disease Control. Island Health identified the locations of 28 active cases Thursday, including 15 in the South Island, nine in the Central Island and four in the North Island.
No new deaths were reported, leaving the total at 1,760 to date. The province reported 46 new cases from Friday to Saturday, 47 new cases from Saturday to Sunday, and 30 new cases from Sunday to Monday. The numbers are provisional and may be updated. Of the 658 active cases in B.C., the Vancouver Coastal Health region has the most active cases at 257 followed by Fraser Health with 175, Interior Health with 167, Northern Health with 30, and Island Health with 22. Sixty-six people are in hospital with COVID-19 in hospital, including 14 are in intensive care. There are no outbreaks in long-term care or assisted living facilities and three in acute care settings: Laurel Place at Surrey Memorial Hospital, Eagle Ridge Hospital in Port Moody, and Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.
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‘An unprecedented number’: Nearly 100 deaths on Vancouver Island through heat wave
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Almost a hundred people died on Vancouver Island during last week’s heat wave, more than doubling the usual average.
From June 25th through July 1st, 2021, 97 deaths were reported to coroners in the Vancouver Island Health Authority. The historical average for the Island through that seven-day period, from 2016 to 2020, was around 41.
Meanwhile, the Vancouver Coastal Health Region – which includes Powell River – saw 193 deaths.
As of last Friday, total deaths climbed to 719 province-wide, chief coroner Lisa LaPointe noted. She says the ‘unprecedented’ number was three times more than what B.C. would normally see through that time period.
Broken down by health region, this equates to five new cases in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 33 new cases in the Fraser Health region, one new case in the Island Health region, 45 new cases in the Interior Health region, one new case in the Northern Health region, and two new cases of people who reside outside of Canada.
There were also three more deaths over the weekend, bringing the death toll to 1,759.
There are 652 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 85 individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19, 22 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation.