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Northern Health continues to see large impacts from COVID-19. In a written statement this afternoon (Jan. 20), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 500 new cases discovered in the past day in B.C., which brings the total to 62,412. Of those, Northern Health recorded 35 more infections for an updated authority total of 2,978. Health officials also announced 14 more people in B.C. have died from the virus, which brings the fatality rate to 1,104. One of those new deaths took place in the north for a new regional toll of 54 since the pandemic began. There are 4,345 people listed as active for COVID-19 throughout the province, 320 of whom are in hospital with 66 in critical care. ....
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C. s Provincial Health Officer. / Flickr/Province of B.C. The curve is trending in the right direction, but B.C. s COVID-19 death toll remains concerning for health officials. Today (Jan. 18), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported 31 people that died from the virus since Friday (Jan. 15), four of which were in the north, rising the regional death toll to 52 since the pandemic began last year. Across B.C., 1,078 people have succumbed to COVID-19 and there have been 61,447 infections since January 2020 after 1,330 more positive tests came forward over the weekend. Northern Health recorded 166 new cases for a new regional total of 2,911 since March last year. ....
There s one word describing the north s current COVID-19 situation: concerning. Cases are still surging while hospitalizations are also on a steep incline, which is pushing the health care system in the region to its max, where resources were already limited before the pandemic landed in March. Christmas break has also started for schools throughout Northern Health, something that may be needed for the time-being as the list of exposure events has rapidly expanded over the past month. But perhaps the most concerning part is that Northern Health currently has the highest positivity rate for the virus in all of B.C., currently at 10.2 per cent from the most recent data from the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC). ....
B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. (via THE CANADIAN PRESS) COVID-19 numbers remain high throughout B.C., while the north saw a flurry of activity related to the virus. In a written statement today (Dec. 11), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 737 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours for a new grand total of 40,797. Of those, Northern Health has 41, which brings the authority s recorded number to 1,240. The northern region has 421 active cases with 46 in hospital and 17 of those in ICU. There are 9,589 people listed as active for COVID-19 throughout the province, 342 are in hospital with 87 in critical care. ....