The number of new cases of COVID-19 continues to climb in British Columbia.
B.C. health officials on Wednesday reported 104 new cases – including three new cases in Island Health – bringing the provincial total to 5,952.
There are seven active cases in Island Health. Of the three new cases, one is in southern Vancouver Island, one is in central Vancouver Island and one is in northern Vancouver Island.
Island Health’s COVID-19 numbers as of Sept. 2, 2020.
“We need to redouble our efforts to ensure our layers of protection are always part of our daily routines – for everyone in our family. This will allow us to push our curve down once again,” the province said in a press release issued Wednesday afternoon.
Since the pandemic began, there are 1,974 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 3,112 in the Fraser Health region, 178 in the Island Health region (an increase of three), 445 in the Interior Health region, and 164 in the Northern Health region as well as 79 cases of people who reside outside of Canada.
There are 1,127 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.
A total of 33 people are currently in hospital, 14 of whom are in intensive care, while 2,786 people currently under active public health monitoring due to exposure to known COVID cases.
Meanwhile, a total of 4,605 people have since recovered from the deadly virus.
On another positive note, officials said there had been no new deaths from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours. B.C.’s COVID-19 death toll remains at 209 deaths.
There have been no new community outbreaks. However, there is one new health-care facility outbreak at Surrey Memorial Hospital. The outbreak at Langley Memorial Hospital has been declared over. In total, eight long-term care or assisted-living facilities and two acute-care facilities in B.C. have active outbreaks.
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.
To see B.C.’s COVID-19 numbers by day and health authority, along with testing numbers and recoveries, visit the B.C. COVID-19 dashboard. The numbers are updated at 4:30 p.m. PT each weekday.
To see a list of public COVID-19 exposures in the province, including links to exposures listed on health authority websites, visit the B.C. Centre for Disease Control website here.
Under Island Health, there are three possible public exposures listed. Anyone who was at the following locations on the following dates and times is asked to self-monitor for symptoms.
- Mary’s Bleue Moon Cafe at 9535 Canora Road, Sidney, B.C. The dates and times provided by Island Health are Aug. 21 between 4 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. and Aug. 22 between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. OR between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m.
- 10 Acres Cafe & Market at the Sidney Pier Hotel & Spa (NOT The Pier restaurant) at 9805 Seaport Place, Sidney, B.C. The dates and times provided by Island Health are Aug. 20 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. and Aug. 21 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
- Il Falcone Restaurant 536 6th Street Courtenay, B.C. The date and times are Aug. 16 between 3 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:27 p.m. PDT on Sept. 2, 2020:
- Quebec: 62,746 confirmed (including 5,764 deaths, 55,515 resolved)
- Ontario: 42,554 confirmed (including 2,812 deaths, 38,506 resolved)
- Alberta: 14,180 confirmed (including 242 deaths, 12,535 resolved)
- British Columbia: 5,952 confirmed (including 209 deaths, 4,605 resolved)
- Saskatchewan: 1,624 confirmed (including 24 deaths, 1,571 resolved)
- Manitoba: 1,244 confirmed (including 14 deaths, 776 resolved)
- Nova Scotia: 1,085 confirmed (including 65 deaths, 1,014 resolved)
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 269 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 265 resolved)
- New Brunswick: 192 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 186 resolved)
- Prince Edward Island: 44 confirmed (including 44 resolved)
- Yukon: 15 confirmed (including 15 resolved)
- Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed (including 13 resolved)
- Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved)
- Nunavut: No confirmed cases
Total in Canada: 129,923 (0 presumptive, 129,923 confirmed including 9,135 deaths, 115,050 resolved)
According to data released by Johns Hopkins University and Medicine, the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide is over 25.8 million. Over 859,000 deaths have been reported.
With files from The Canadian Press
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