
B.C. breaks daily case record for 4th straight day as it records 2,441 new cases of COVID-19
CBC
B.C. has shattered its record for daily cases of COVID-19 for the fourth straight day, recording 2,441 cases and four deaths on Friday.
In a written statement, the provincial government said there are currently 10,415 active cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus in B.C. The numbers mean the province has also set a record for active cases.
A total of 192 people are in hospital, with 71 in intensive care.
There have been 1,613 confirmed cases of the Omicron variant identified in B.C. as of Friday, 959 of which have been detected in the Vancouver Coastal Health authority.
Overall hospitalizations, which typically lag behind spikes and dips in new cases, are down by one case from last Friday, when 191 people were in hospital with the disease and nearly 40 per cent from a month ago when 318 people were in hospital.
The number of patients in intensive care is down by about four per cent from 74 a week ago and by 34.8 per cent from a month ago when 109 people were in the ICU.
The provincial death toll from COVID-19 is now 2,414 lives lost out of 235,658 confirmed cases to date.
The regional breakdown of new cases is as follows:
There are a total of two active outbreaks in assisted living, long-term, and acute care facilities. The province has declared an outbreak at Ridgeview Lodge, a nursing home in Kamloops.
There is also an outbreak in acute care at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver.
As of Friday, 91.8 per cent of those 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, 89 per cent a second dose, and 17 per cent a third dose.