There are now 2,145 cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in B.C., after health officials announced 33 new cases Friday.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports that there are 823 cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), 978 in Fraser Health, 121 on Vancouver Island, 174 in Interior Health and 49 in Northern Health.
"There are no new outbreaks in long-term care facilities. Currently, there are 21 active outbreaks in long-term facilities and three acute care unit outbreaks in the Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health regions. Outbreaks are declared over at 12 care facilities."
The outbreak at the Mission federal correctional institute in the Fraser Valley has continued to grow. The number of positive COVID-19 is 133. An investigation is going and the health authority expects more people may develop symptoms in the coming days and weeks.
There are 15 positive cases of COVID-19 connected to the Kearl Lake plant in Alberta.
52 people have tested positive in the ongoing outbreak at Superior Poultry, a chicken processing plant in Coquitlam. There are 35 positive cases related to the initial outbreak announced earlier this week at United Poultry Company Ltd., a Vancouver processing plant. Investigations are ongoing at both plants.
There have been an additional death in the Fraser Health Authority, for a total of 112 fatalities in the province.
There are currently 79 people in acute care in hospital and 24 are in critical care.
1,357 people have fully recovered and are no longer in isolation.
“Today is National Physicians Day, as well as the start of National Medical Laboratory Week. It is an opportunity for all of us to recognize the dedication and contributions of our physicans, our medical laboratory professionals and all our other health-care workers – the people whose responsibility it is to care for all of us," said Henry.
“Let’s honour and protect them by doing all we can to continue to flatten the curve. When we are outside this weekend, think of them and always keep a safe physical distance from those around you. Be 100% committed to keeping our firewall strong.”
Earlier this week, Henry stated that despite a number of community outbreaks, the decrease in cases is clear evidence that the sustained efforts to follow public health measures has slowed the rate of transmission of COVID-19.
"In addition, our increased surveillance testing has led us to find people in our community who are positive for COVID-19 and the vast majority of them are linked to outbreaks now, which is an important thing for us to understand so that we know where transmission is happening in our community," Henry said.
Henry also noted that the province will provide the latest COVID-19 modeling on Monday, as well as the latest details on the epidemiology regarding who has been affected in B.C.
