The B.C. Ministry of Health has reported a record-breaking 998 new cases of novel coronavirus in the province since Saturday, bringing the total number of cases to 18,714.
Between Saturday and Sunday, there were 536 new cases of COVID-19, and 462 more cases have been reported between Sunday and Monday.
In total, 5,701 of the cases are in the Vancouver Coastal Region, 11,257 in Fraser Health, 301 in Vancouver Island Health region, 885 in Interior Health, 470 in Northern Health region, and 90 people whose residence is outside of Canada.
The number of active cases has increased by 1,150 to 4,891 in B.C.
There are now a total of 133 people in hospital due to COVID-19, 43 of whom are in critical care — ICU or acute care units.
Five additional deaths were reported over the past two days, and the death toll is now at 281.
9,179 people are now in isolation and being monitored by public health officials after being exposed to COVID-19.
A total of 13,425 people have recovered from novel coronavirus.
Outbreaks
Two new outbreaks were reported in health care facilities since Saturday, while three outbreaks are now over. All of these outbreaks had occurred on the mainland.
There are now a total of 32 long-term care or assisted-living facilities and five acute-care facilities that have active, ongoing outbreaks.
There remain 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
12 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Island Health region since Saturday.
There have been a total of 301 cases of COVID-19 in the region, six of whom have died.
Island Health reports that as of November 9, there are 39 active cases on the Island.
- South Vancouver Island Active cases: 18, Total Cases: 116
- Central Vancouver Island Active cases: 13, Total Cases: 95
- North Vancouver Island Active cases: 8, Total Cases: 90
The COVID-19 case curve in Vancouver Island health region as of November 9 is represented below.
As of Friday there had been 888,593 novel coronavirus tests conducted across B.C., 104,520 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 pandemic.
As of the time of publication, the total number of COVID-19 patients worldwide has risen to 51,188,516.
Over 1,268,146 people have died from the illness and 36,011,650 have recovered.
