There are now 2,530 cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in B.C., after health officials announced 12 new cases Monday.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports that there are 894 cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), 1253 in Fraser Health, 127 on Vancouver Island, 194 in Interior Health and 62 in Northern Health
There have been no new health-care outbreaks. In total, 14 long-term care or assisted-living facilities and two acute-care units have active outbreaks. 333 residents and 209 staff have been affected.
Public health teams continue to provide support for community outbreaks at the Oppenheimer Group, those in the poultry sector, at the Mission Institution and with those connected to the Kearl Lake plant in Alberta. The United Poultry outbreak has been declared over.
There have been four new deaths, for a total of 161 fatalities in the province.
There are currently 37 people in acute care in hospital and 7 are in critical care.
There are 267 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 2,102 people who tested positive have recovered.
There was one new community outbreak reported Saturday, at Nature's Touch, a frozen food processing plant in Abbotsford. There are currently five people associated with that outbreak who have tested positive for COVID-19. "This one was caught relatively early," said Henry, adding that while the plant was not ordered to close, it will be closed over the weekend during which proper protective procedures will be implemented. An investigation is ongoing.
Last week, many businesses that had been closed due to the pandemic can "begin the process of safely reopening." The public health officer's revised orders can be found on the province's website.
As the province "cautiously" moves toward its second phase of reopening with a gradual easing of restrictions, Henry warned that "we have to move carefully, and we have to move thoughtfully.
"The provincewide Your story, our future survey is an opportunity to share your personal experience with COVID-19 so far. Take a few minutes to join the 286,000 British Columbians who have already completed the survey, or help someone else to do the same," she said.
“The information you share is incredibly important and so is ensuring your confidentiality and data security. The survey has stringent security and privacy measures built in to make sure you can provide your input with the assurance of the security we all expect and need. If you have any questions about the survey, please send them to: [email protected]
“Our individual circumstances are unique, but the actions we can take to protect each other and ourselves are the same. We have made great strides to flatten our curve and we must continue to work together to keep it there.”
Life conference more to come..
- With files from Megan Lalonde.
