BC reports 723 new cases of COVID-19, 10 new cases in Island Health as nearly 30 daily deaths.

British Columbia has reported 723 new cases of COVID-19 across the state in the last 24 hours, killing an additional 28 people during that period.

Of the 723 new cases, 10 are associated with healthy areas of the island.

There are currently 9,524 active cases in British Columbia, and 11,947 residents remain under active public health surveillance.

Dr. Bonnie Henry states that 346 people are currently hospitalized (up 8 from Wednesday) and 83 are receiving critical care as a result of the virus (up 8 from Wednesday).

On Thursday, another 28 people died in connection with the virus. This is what Dr. Bonnie Henry called “one of the most tragic days of all time.” This brings the state’s total death toll during the pandemic process to 587.

One of those deaths was associated with a healthy area on the island.

BC reported 106 deaths from the virus last week.

Dr. Henry said 26 of the 28 deaths announced today are elderly or elderly in long-term care facilities.

Since Wednesday, there have been 135 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health Area, 456 in the Fraser Health Area, 10 in the Island Health Area, 82 in the Internal Health Area, and 40 in the Northern Health Area. .. A new case of people living outside Canada.

As of Thursday, the total number of cases in British Columbia during the pandemic process was 40,060.

Dr. Henry said the outbreak of new medical facilities reported Thursday was not “thankfully”.

An outbreak was declared in one of Burnaby Hospital’s emergency units and in Northern Health’s Rotary Manners.

Currently, there are 57 outbreaks in long-term care facilities and long-term care facilities, and 8 outbreaks in acute care facilities.

British Columbia health officials rolled on Wednesday Issue their vaccination plan After Health Canada officially approves the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

The first shipments arriving next week will include 3,900 batches, each frozen in a tray of 975 batches and shipped to private locations within Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health.

The first people to receive the vaccine are healthcare professionals, especially those who work in long-term care hospitals and those who work in emergency hospitals.

“By this time next week, the first people in British Columbia will be vaccinated,” said Dr. Henry. During a press conference on Thursday.

“This is an important and encouraging milestone for us in responding to a pandemic here in British Columbia,” she added. “But we want to remind people, we haven’t survived this storm yet … when we might stumble, it’s when we’re tired. Even if we’re tired. Please continue to work together. “

Dr. Henry states that the plans to distribute the vaccine are complex, but flexible and built to adapt to changing details.

Island health

At this time, island health officials have not posted a breakdown of the figures for Thursday, December 3rd.

As of Wednesday, health officials had 158 active cases – 57 in southern Vancouver Island, 71 in central Vancouver Island, and 30 in northern Vancouver Island.

Detailed information on COVID-19

If there are cases of COVID-19 confirmed at school, public health contacts will directly affect the school’s community members. Local health authorities also provide after-school notifications on the website that provide the date and type (outbreak, cluster, or exposure) of notifications for affected schools.

Island Health School site Found here..

Island Health’s COVID-19 data categorizes the number of cases in North Island, Central Island, and South Island and shows the number of days since new cases diagnosed in the lab.You are You can find the data here along with the published information.

According to the data collected by Johns Hopkins University and Medicine, The number of COVID-19 cases identified worldwide exceeds 69.4 million. More than 1.58 million deaths have been recorded.

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