Thursday, March 28, 2024

B.C. reports five new COVID-19 cases today, public health reveals epidemiological data

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The B.C. Ministry of Health has reported five new test-positive cases of novel coronavirus in the province today, bringing the total number cases in B.C. to 2,628 people.

In total, 909 of test-positive cases are in the Vancouver Coastal Region, 1,334 in Fraser Health, 130 on Vancouver Island, 195 in Interior Health and 64 in Northern Health region.

In addition, the Ministry has also reported four epidemiologically-linked cases in B.C. since March 19, three of which were on Vancouver Island. All four cases have now recovered.

The number of active cases has now decreased to 201 in B.C.

There are now a total of 26 people who have been hospitalized with COVID-19, six of whom are in critical care — ICU or acute care units.

No new deaths were reported today, and the death toll is now at 166 in total across the province.

In good news, a total of 2,265 people have now recovered from novel coronavirus in B.C.

Outbreaks

Several health care system outbreaks have been declared over and in total, there are now six long term care facilities that have active ongoing outbreaks.

A number of community outbreaks have also been declared over in the past week and there is one new community outbreak at the Beresford Warming Centre, a shelter in Fraser Health region were three cases have been recorded.

The following outbreaks are currently ongoing:

  • Two small outbreaks were reported at offices in the Fraser Health region.
  • Mountain federal correctional institution in Fraser Health Region where two people have tested positive for COVID-19.
  • Nature’s Touch, a frozen food processing plant in Abbotsford, where five people tested positive for the virus.
  • The Oppenheimer Group, a fruit and vegetable processing plant in Coquitlam, has three cases.
  • Seven people tested positive for COVID-19 at the Fraser Valley Speciality Poultry outbreak.
  • A total of 17 people returning to B.C. from the Kearl Lake oil sands project in Alberta have tested positive for the virus, and there are an unknown number of family members of those workers who have also contracted the virus.

Island Health region

Specific data for the Vancouver Island Health region shows that have been 130 total cases of COVID-19 in the area and five people have died.

As of today, there are officially no more active cases of COVID-19 on Vancouver Island.

Specific data from the Ministry of Health shows that southern Vancouver Island had 43 cases, there were 25 in central Vancouver Island, and 59 in the northern part of the island.

Thus far, there have been 149,477 novel coronavirus tests conducted across B.C., 22,577 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 6,664,558.

Over 391,000 people have died from the illness and 3,225,656 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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