The BCCDC has reported 738 new cases of novel coronavirus in the province on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases to 29,086.
In total, 8,161 of the cases are in the Vancouver Coastal Region, 18,167 in Fraser Health, 526 in Vancouver Island Health region, 1,426 in Interior Health, 713 in Northern Health region, and 95 people whose residence is outside of Canada.
The number of active cases has decreased by 116 to 7,616 in B.C.
Today’s case counts reflect a data correction from Fraser Health region which affect the number of total daily cases reported between November 16 and 24 — while some days there were fewer cases, others showed more.
These errors have been attributed to technical difficulties, and a breakdown of actual case numbers can be found in this article.
There are now a total of 294 people in hospital due to COVID-19, 61 of whom are in critical care — ICU or acute care units. More people are now hospitalized with COVID-19 in B.C. than there ever have been in the past.
13 additional COVID-related deaths were reported over the past 24 hours, and the death toll is now at 371.
A total of 19,814 people have recovered from novel coronavirus.
Outbreaks
No new health care facility outbreaks were reported on Wednesday, while two have been declared over
There are a total of 52 long-term care or assisted-living facilities and 5 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
21 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Island Health region on Wednesday.
There have been a total of 526 cases of COVID-19 in the region, six of whom have died. Two people in the region are currently in hospital after contracting the virus.
Island Health reports that as of Wednesday, November 25, there are 173 active cases in the region.
- South Vancouver Island Active cases: 49, Total Cases: 175
- Central Vancouver Island Active cases: 109, Total Cases: 233
- North Vancouver Island Active cases: 15, Total Cases: 118
The COVID-19 case curve in Vancouver Island health region as of November 25 is represented below:
As of Tuesday there had been a total of 1,077,733 novel coronavirus tests conducted across B.C., 123,339 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 pandemic.
As of the time of publication, the total number of COVID-19 patients worldwide has risen to 60,656,000.
Over 1,425,186 people have died from the illness and 41,883,652 have recovered
