The B.C. Ministry of Health has reported 53 new test-positive cases of novel coronavirus in the province since Saturday, bringing the total number cases in B.C. to 2,224 people.
34 people tested positive for the virus in the 24-hour period between May 2 and 3, while 19 more people were diagnosed with COVID-19 between May 3 and 4.
In total, 845 of these cases are in the Vancouver Coastal Region, 1,027 in Fraser Health, 124 on Vancouver Island, 177 in Interior Health and 51 in Northern Health region.
The majority of active cases remaining are linked to the known cluster outbreaks described below.
There are now a total of 77 people who have been hospitalized with COVID-19, 20 of whom are in critical care – ICU or acute care units — showing a continued decline in hospitalizations.
Sadly, three new deaths were reported today and the death toll is now at 117 in total across the province.
In good news, a total of 1,417 people have now recovered from novel coronavirus in B.C.
Outbreaks
There are no new outbreaks at a long term care facilities across B.C. and a total of twelve long term care facility outbreaks have been declared over.
In total, 21 facilities and three acute-care units have active outbreaks, with outbreaks declared over at 12 care facilities. This now includes 266 residents and 168 staff members who have tested positive for the virus.
The coronavirus outbreak at the Mission Institute federal correctional facility now has 134 people who have tested positive for COVID-19, including 121 inmates and 13 staff.
The outbreak at a Vancouver chicken processing and packaging plant, United Poultry Company, has 35 employees who tested positive for COVID-19.
Its sister plant, the Superior Poultry processing plant in Coquitlam now has 54 test-positive cases of patients who have contracted the virus — an increase of two cases since the last report.
There are also seven people who tested positive for COVID-19 linked to the Fraser Valley Speciality Poultry outbreak.
A total of 15 people returning to B.C. from the Kearl Lake oil sands project in Alberta have also tested positive for the virus, and there are additional family members of those workers who have also tested positive.
Island Health region
Specific data for the Vancouver Island Health region shows that there are 124 total cases of COVID-19 in the area.
BCCDC data shows that as of May 1st, 101 people have recovered in the Island Health region and there have now been four virus-related deaths in total.
This means there are now 19 active cases in the region.
Three people with COVID-19 are currently hospitalized.
Thus far, there have been 88,670 novel coronavirus tests conducted across B.C., 13,187 of which were done in the Island Health region.
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The BCCDC has set up a 2019 novel coronavirus telephone information line at 1-833-784-4397 for those who have further questions about this disease.
Anyone concerned that they may have been exposed to, or are experiencing symptoms of the novel coronavirus, should contact their primary care provider, local public health office, or call 8-1-1.
The Province has also created the 1-888-COVID-19 line to connect British Columbians needing non-medical information about the coronavirus pandemic.
As of the time of publication, the total number of COVID-19 patients worldwide has risen to 3,633,932.
Over 251,400 people have died from the illness and 1,185,390 have made a full recovery.
