British Columbia health officials reported 407 new cases, including 22 in Island Health, and 14 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours on Tuesday.
The number of confirmed cases in B.C. climbs to 65,234 while the province’s death toll now stands at 1,168.
One of the deaths reported by the province was on Vancouver Island, bringing the total number of people who have died from the virus in the Island Health region to 19.
Of the new cases recorded, 124 are in Vancouver Coastal Health, 169 are in Fraser Health, 22 are in Island Health, 54 are in Interior Health, and 38 are in Northern Health.
There are currently 4,260 active cases in the province, 313 people in hospital — 71 of whom are in intensive care — 6,450 and people under active public health monitoring due to possible exposure to an identified case.
A total of 58,352 people in B.C. have recovered from COVID-19 while 122,359 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, 4,105 of which are second doses.
Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, said in a statement that the number of daily cases is much “higher than we want it to be” and urged everyone to bring the infection rate down.
“The number of new daily cases of COVID-19 is much higher than we want it to be. We are asking for everyone’s help to bend our curve back down. This is especially critical with the presence of variant viruses in our province.”
Today’s data was released in a statement to the media.
Island Health
According to the latest data provided by Island Health, there are currently 195 active cases on Vancouver Island – a decrease of 16 since the province’s last update on Jan. 25.
Of the active cases, 22 are on southern Vancouver Island, 157 on central Vancouver Island and 16 on northern Vancouver Island.
Over the course of the pandemic, the Island Health region has reported 1,477 cases.
Southern Vancouver Island includes the Greater Victoria region, Southern Gulf Islands and the Port Renfrew area.
Central Vancouver Island includes the Cowichan Valley, Duncan, Nanaimo, Parksville, Port Alberni and Tofino areas.
Northern Vancouver Island goes from the Comox Valley to Port Hardy but also includes surrounding areas like Alert Bay and Sointula.
Source: Island Health
More COVID-19 information
If there is a confirmed COVID-19 case in a school, public health contacts affected school community members directly. Regional health authorities also post-school notifications on their websites, providing the date and type of notification (outbreak, cluster or exposure) for impacted schools.
The Island Health school site can be found here.
Provincial mental health and anxiety support can be found at www.bouncebackbc.ca
Island Health’s COVID-19 data breaks down north, central and south Island case counts and lists the number of days since any new lab-diagnosed cases. You can find the data here along with any public exposures.
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