The B.C. Ministry of Health reported 648 new cases of COVID-19 across the province on Friday, March 12th, for a total of 86,219 cases since the pandemic began.
New cases were reported in these health regions:
Vancouver Coastal Health: 149
Fraser Health: 372
Island Health: 32
Interior Health: 39
Northern Health: 56
The number of active cases in B.C. increased from 4,912 to 5,070.
There are now a total of 255 people in hospital due to COVID-19, 67 of whom are in critical care — ICU or acute care units.
Three new people have died from COVID-related causes, bringing the provincial death toll to 1,397.
9,155 people are under active public health monitoring after exposure to COVID-19.
A total of 80,325 people have recovered from novel coronavirus.
Outbreaks
There have been two new health-care facility outbreaks at Oceana Parc (Fraser) and Ridge Meadows Hospital.
As of yesterday, there were nine active outbreaks in long-term facilities and eight in acute-care facilities.
Outbreaks and other exposure events can be linked to from the BC Centre for Disease Control website.
More COVID-19 coverage from Victoria Buzz, including local exposures and outbreaks.
Island Health
Island Health reported 33 new cases of COVID-19 today.
The number of active cases on the island increased by 10 cases to 229 remaining active cases.
Breakdown of cases on Vancouver Island:
- South Vancouver Island: Active cases: 78 (+13)│ Total Cases: 705 (+17)
- Central Vancouver Island: Active cases: 109 (-3)│ Total Cases: 1,518 (+11)
- North Vancouver Island: Active cases: 42 (0)│ Total Cases: 451 (+4)
11 people remain in hospital with 1 in ICU.
There were no new deaths in the Island Health region. 28 people have succumbed since the pandemic began.
Vaccinations and Variants
To date, 380,743 (+13,952) doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in BC, 87,024 (+15) of which are second doses
There have been 79 new confirmed COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern in our province.
Of the total number of 717 confirmed variant cases, 99 cases are active and the remaining people have recovered.
Of the total, 667 cases were of the UK variant, 36 cases were of the South Africa variant, and 14 cases of the Brazil variant.
Some links include:
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- Details on the latest provincial restrictions
- BCCDC information on how to get tested
- Support for mental health and wellbeing
At the time of this publication, 119,583,525 cases of COVID-19 had been recorded worldwide. 2,650,517 have died, and 96,235,468 have recovered.
