The B.C. Ministry of Health reported 531 new cases of COVID-19 across the province on Wednesday March 10th, for a total of 85,650 cases since the pandemic began.
New cases were reported in these health regions:
Vancouver Coastal Health: 147
Fraser Health: 291
Island Health: 19
Interior Health: 42
Northern Health: 32
The number of active cases in B.C. decreased from 4,869 to 4,861.
There are now a total of 244 people in hospital due to COVID-19, 66 of whom are in critical care — ICU or acute care units.
One new person has died from COVID-related causes, bringing the provincial death toll to 1,394.
9,051 people are under active public health monitoring after exposure to COVID-19.
A total of 79,309 people have recovered from novel coronavirus.
Outbreaks
There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks.
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 19 new cases of COVID-19 today. The number of active cases on the island dropped by 12 cases to 202 remaining active cases.
Breakdown of cases on Vancouver Island:
- South Vancouver Island: Active cases: 48 (+1) Total Cases: 667 (+4)
- Central Vancouver Island Active cases: 110 (-6) Total Cases: 1,491 (+10)
- North Vancouver Island Active cases: 44 (-7) Total Cases: 441 (+5)
9 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, 355,340 (+11,959) doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in B.C., 86,960 (+22) of which are second doses.
There have been 51 new confirmed COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern in our province.
Of the total number of 627 confirmed variant cases, 109 cases are active and the remaining people have recovered.
Of the total, 580 cases were of the UK variant, 33 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, 118,594,511 cases of COVID-19 had been recorded worldwide. 2,630,466 have died, and 94,199,355 have recovered.
