B.C. has a new total of 1,853 COVID-19 cases Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Minister of Health Adrian Dix announced in a written statement this afternoon (April 24).
Henry says in the past 24 hours, a total of 29 test-positive cases have been recorded, none of which were in Northern Health and keeping the region's total at 42.
Of the cases, 767 are in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 772 are in the Fraser Health region, 114 are in the Island Health region and 158 are in Interior Health.
No new outbreaks were reported in long-term care, assisted living or acute care in the last 24 hours. In total, 20 facilities and three acute-care units have active outbreaks, with outbreaks declared over at 10 care facilities.
-Four new deaths recorded, total now 98
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-96 hospitalized
-41 in ICU
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"Public health teams are also providing support to a number of community outbreaks, and we expect to continue to see more cases in the coming days as contact tracing continues," the statement reads.
As of today, two employees have tested positive at Superior Poultry (Coquitlam) while 35 employees have now been confirmed positive at United Poultry (Vancouver).
Henry adds 10 confirmed positive cases are connected to the Kearl Lake project in Alberta.
The Mission Institution federal correctional centre has 78 cases between staff and inmates.
There have been four new deaths in the past 24 hours, which brings the provincial total to 98.
-2 employees positive at Superior Poultry in Coquitlam
— jess fedigan (@jj_fedigan) April 24, 2020
-Now 35 positive at United Poultry in Van
-10 new cases connected to the Keral Lake project in Alb
-78 inmates + staff positive at Mission correctional#COVIDー19 #COVID19BC #drbonniehenry #BC #bcpoli #update @PGMatters
Dix and Henry say 96 people are in hospital and 41 of those cases are in the ICU.
“Maintaining a safe physical distance, washing hands frequently and staying home when ill continue to be the best things we can do to protect our communities and continue to bend the curve," the statement says.
“While our weekends are a time to unwind and relax, the exception is with these important health measures. As you get outside and safely spend time with loved ones, let’s continue to stay strong and show care and compassion to those around us, by ensuring we do not undo all of our hard work and sacrifice.”
More than 1,100 people have recovered from the virus and are no longer required to be in isolation.
