British Columbia health officials have reported 4,997 new COVID-19 cases, including 626 in Island Health, and 24 deaths since their last update on Jan. 21.
None of the new deaths over the past 72 hours were in the Island Health region.
The number of confirmed cases in B.C. is now at 313,076 while the death toll climbs to 2,553.
Daily case breakdown
Jan. 21-22: 2,163 new cases
Jan. 22-23: 1,489 new cases
Jan. 23-24: 1,345 new cases
There are currently 31,822 active cases in the province, including 1,544 in Island Health. Meanwhile, the number of people currently in hospital across the province is now at 987 — 129 of whom are in intensive care. Hospitalizations increased nearly seven per cent province-wide over the weekend.
A total of 276,529 people in B.C. have recovered from COVID-19 while 10,466,993 doses of vaccine have been administered province-wide.
Today’s data was released as a statement to the media.
Editor’s note: Active cases are likely far greater than the figures provided to the media. This is because B.C. health officials have routinely discouraged people from getting tested and for many people, access to testing is extremely difficult, if not impossible. Rapid test results are also not included in figures released to the media. Additionally, health officials have also previously stated that cases and active cases are likely four to five times higher than what is being reported to the media and publicly.
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