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Pandemic claims two more lives in northern B.C.

Nearly 200 new COVID-19 cases reported in northern B.C. on Wednesday
Citizen staff
COVID map Feb 9 2022
This map, created by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, shows a breakdown of new COVID-19 cases by local health area for the week of Jan. 23-29. There were 546 cases in the Prince George area during that period.B.C. Centre for Disease Control handout image

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control reported two new COVID-related deaths in the Northern Health region on Wednesday.

The deaths bring the region’s death toll from the pandemic to 290. As of Wednesday, 35 people in the Northern Health region were hospitalized with COVID-19, including 16 in critical care.

The B.C. CDC reported 191 new cases of COVID-19 in the north of Wednesday. There were 1,119 active cases of COVID on Wednesday, up by 14 from Tuesday.

Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 26,520 cases of COVID-19 in northern B.C.

More than 11 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in B.C., as of Wednesday, including 509,511 in the Northern Health region.