Preliminary data on COVID-19 in B.C. reveals more confirmed cases, but testing limited
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New data released by B.C.'s Health Ministry Tuesday shows nearly 1,800 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in a 24-hour period.
New data released by B.C.'s Health Ministry Tuesday shows nearly 1,800 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in a 24-hour period.
The figures released Tuesday are preliminary, the province said, and confirmation of those numbers is possible on Wednesday. Details on the latest hospitalizations, deaths and vaccination rates will also be released that day.
Numbers released Tuesday suggest 1,785 more people have been added to the total number of cases confirmed since the start of the pandemic.
According to the preliminary data, 791 people in B.C.'s largest health authority, Fraser Health, tested positive. Another 400 tested positive in Vancouver Coastal Health, while 269 tested positive in Interior Health.
Meanwhile, 283 were infected in Island Health and 42 people were confirmed to have the disease in Northern Health.
Data released in recent days may be incomplete, however, as testing centres are being asked to prioritize people over age 65, those with compromised immune systems, those with severe symptoms and frontline health-care workers.
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