There are now 10,185 cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in B.C. after health officials announced 119 new cases Friday.
Four of these new cases are epi-linked.
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports that there are 3,728 cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), 5,253 in Fraser Health, 225 on Vancouver Island, 559 in Interior Health and 331 in Northern Health.
Additionally, there have been 89 cases of COVID-19 in B.C. of people who reside outside of Canada.
There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at the Good Samaritan Delta View Care Centre. In total, 15 long-term care or assisted-living facilities and three acute-care facilities have active outbreaks.
There have been no new community outbreaks. However, there continue to be community exposure events at other locations and on flights into and out of the province.
There have been no new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 245 deaths in British Columbia.
Of the total COVID-19 cases, 68 individuals are hospitalized, 19 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation. As well, 3,180 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases.
There are 1,406 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 8,502 people who tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered.
Alerts are posted on the BC Centre for Disease Control’s (BCCDC) website, as well as on health authorities’ websites, providing details on where the potential exposure occurred and what actions to take – whether you need to self-isolate or monitor for symptoms.
“Let’s do all we can to protect ourselves and our loved ones from COVID-19 by ensuring we always use our layers of protection this long weekend," said Henry.
“The care we show each other today will help protect all of us tomorrow, so let’s make this Thanksgiving about safe connections and safe celebrations.
“We offer our thanks and gratitude to everyone throughout the province and in particular, our front-line essential workers, for doing so much to keep our communities safe and strong.”
