Government reports 145 new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; total of 41 in Interior Health

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Dr. Henry says they are working to have long term care workers assigned to a specific home, so they are not going from one to another.  She is also advising all health practitioners to limit their practices to emergencies only.

As for testing, Dr. Henry says they have a specific testing policy in place and that includes community cases where the source of the infection isn’t known.  Almost 30,000 tests have been done so far. When tests are done, it’s based on what they have learned from other countries.

As for the increasing numbers, the majority are on the Lower Mainland, but no community is safe from COVID-19, so Dr. Henry said physical distancing is the way to help stop the spread.

Health Minister Adrian Dix said they are doing 3,500 tests each day and he thanked the health care professionals and those who are processing the tests for their dedication.  He said thousands of people are using the resources available at the BC Centre for Disease Control website.

Dix said the measures we are taking now, will help us all in the long run but he expects the next few weeks to be very difficult.

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* Total confirmed cases in B.C.: 617

* New cases since March 22, 2020: 145 (March 23 – 67; March 24 – 78)

* Hospitalized cases: 59

* Intensive care: 23

* Deaths: 13

* Recovered: 173

Confirmed cases by region:

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 330

* Fraser Health: 194

* Island Health: 44

* Interior Health: 41

* Northern Health: 8

Testing:

* Testing capacity has increased to approximately 3,500 tests per day.

* 26,681 individuals tested as of March 23, 2020.

* Testing is available for all who need it, but not everyone requires a test.
* If you have no symptoms, mild symptoms or you are a returning traveller self-isolating at home, you do not require a test.

* For each of these situations, the public health advice remains the same, regardless of test results: self-isolate for 14 days to monitor for the development of symptoms or until your symptoms are completely gone.

* Those who have severe illness, require hospitalization, are residents of long-term care facilities or are health-care workers will continue to be tested.
* Anyone part of an active investigation or outbreak cluster will be tested so they can be appropriately monitored.

* If symptoms appear, call your health-care provider, call 811 for guidance or check your symptoms online: https://covid19.thrive.health