82 of BC’s 737 new cases of COVID-19 found in Northern Health

Today (Friday), the province saw the second-highest COVID-19 case count of the year, following only January 7th, which saw 761 cases.

BC saw a staggering 737 new cases of COVID-19, Northern Health accounted for about 11% of BC’s new cases with 82.

The North now has 339 active cases while 32 people are in hospital, 15 of whom are in ICU.

There are 5,207 active cases across BC while 9,412 people under active public health monitoring.

Of the active cases, 292 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 85 of whom are in ICU.

68 new Variant of Concern (VOC) cases were found in BC, there are now 149 active VOC cases in the province.

To date, 490,022 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca-SIIvaccines have been administered, 87,139 of which are second doses.

Meanwhile, Health officials announced yesterday (Thursday), that BC residents aged 70-79 will be able to begin booking vaccine appointments as early as Sunday.

However, Northern Health residents have been asked to check the NH website for their specific COVID-19 vaccine community schedule to determine what ages are being vaccinated in their community.

There have been two new COVID-19 related deaths, both in Northern Health for a total of 1,421 deaths in BC. The North has had 114 people pass away from the virus.

“The availability of the AstraZeneca/SII COVID-19 vaccine has allowed us to create a parallel vaccine program to our age-based provincewide immunization program,” explained PHO, Dr.Bonnie Henry, “It is separate supply that supplements and adds onto the age-based vaccines, allowing us to strategically target active outbreaks and higher-risk populations and locations.

Regional Breakdown

Northern: 5,048 (+82)

Interior: 7,966 (+33)

Vancouver: 21,212 (+163)

Fraser: 52,972(+462)

Vancouver Island: 2,864 (+32)

#CovidBC update: 737 new cases since we last reported, for a total of 90,786 cases in BC. There have been two new deaths, for a total of 1,421. To date, 490,022 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in BC. https://t.co/WRnWC71khS pic.twitter.com/ZaWAD4Rf3d

— BC Government News (@BCGovNews) March 19, 2021