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Two more COVID-19 patients dead as B.C. announces 33 new test-positive cases

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The B.C. Ministry of Health has reported 33 new test-positive cases of novel coronavirus in the province today, bringing the total number cases in B.C. to 2,288 people.

In total, 865 of these cases are in the Vancouver Coastal Region, 1,064 in Fraser Health, 126 on Vancouver Island, 179 in Interior Health and 54 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 76 people who have been hospitalized with COVID-19, 20 of whom are in critical care – ICU or acute care units — showing a slight increase in hospitalizations after weeks of consistent decline.

Sadly, three new deaths were reported today and the death toll is now at 126 in total across the province.

In good news, a total of 1,512 people have now recovered from novel coronavirus in B.C.

Outbreaks

There are no new outbreaks at long term care facilities in B.C. and a total of 18 long term care facility outbreaks have been declared over.

In total, 21 long term care and acute care facilities have active outbreaks. This now includes 280 residents and 180 staff members who have tested positive for the virus, for a total of 460 cases.

The coronavirus outbreak at the Mission Institute federal correctional facility continues to have 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 56 test-positive cases of patients who have contracted the virus — an increase of one case since the last report.

There continues to be seven people who tested positive for COVID-19 linked to the Fraser Valley Speciality Poultry outbreak.

A total of 16 people returning to B.C. from the Kearl Lake oil sands project in Alberta have now tested positive for the virus, and there are additional family members of those workers who are also at risk of virus transmission.

Island Health region

Specific data for the Vancouver Island Health region shows that there are 126 total cases of COVID-19 in the area.

BCCDC data shows that as of May 5th, 106 people have recovered in the Island Health region and there have now been five virus-related deaths in total.

This means there are now 15 active cases in the region.

Three people with COVID-19 are currently hospitalized.

Thus far, there have been 100,093 novel coronavirus tests conducted across B.C., 15,128 of which were done in the Island Health region.


See all the latest updates about the global COVID-19 pandemic on Vancouver Island


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 3,903,867.

Over 270,000 people have died from the illness and 1,334,368 have made a full recovery.

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Brishti Basu
Former Senior Staff Writer and Content Manager at Victoria Buzz.

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