The B.C. Ministry of Health has reported 68 new test-positive cases of novel coronavirus in the province Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases in to 4,645 in the province.
In total, 1,488 of the cases are in the Vancouver Coastal Region, 2,493 in Fraser Health, 158 in Vancouver Island Health region, 411 in Interior Health, 120 in Northern Health region, and 75 people whose residence is outside of Canada.
The number of active cases has spiked by 23 to 798 in B.C.
There are now a total of 10 people in hospital due to COVID-19, four of whom are in critical care — ICU or acute care units.
No additional deaths were reported over the past 24 hours, and the death toll stands at 198 in total.
3,749 people are now in isolation and being monitored by public health officials after being exposed to COVID-19. Yesterday, there were 2,326 people in isolation.
A total of 3,749 people have now recovered from novel coronavirus in B.C.
Outbreaks
No new health care facility or community outbreaks were reported over the past 24 hours.
In total, eight long-term care or assisted living facilities and one acute care facilities have active outbreaks.
There continue to be a number of ongoing COVID-19 exposure sites. B.C. residents are urged to check the BC CDC website for all public alerts about possible exposures to the virus.
Those who may have been exposed are asked to monitor their symptoms, reduce the number of contacts they have, and call 811 to get tested for the virus if they do develop symptoms.
Island Health region
Two new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Island Health region on Wednesday.
There have been 158 total cases of COVID-19 in the region, five of whom have died, and 144 people have recovered.
This means there are now nine active cases in the region.
Thus far, there have been 313,285 novel coronavirus tests conducted across B.C., 45,135 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 22,518,555.
Over 788,890 people have died from the illness and 15,189,307 have made a full recovery.
