B.C. Covid update Monday: 2,211 new cases, 45 deaths

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One of the deaths was at Heritage Square in Vernon.

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The provincial death toll from the virus is now at 946.

Total cases in B.C. have reached 54,201.

Of the new cases, 389 are in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 1,301 in Fraser Health, 64 in Island Health, 288 in Interior Health and 169 in Northern Health.

The totals over the four days were 565 from Dec. 31-Jan. 1; 607 for Jan. 1-2; 500 from Jan. 2-3 and 539 for Jan. 3-4.

There are 6,823 active cases in B.C., with 351 people in hospital and 76 in critical or intensive care.

Another 8,785 people are being monitored for Covid symptoms while 45,229 people are considered recovered from the virus.

There are six new health care outbreaks including at Creekside Landing in Vernon announced on Sunday.

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Update on Interior Health (IH) numbers:

IH is reporting 290 new cases since Dec. 31, for a total of 4,178.

•    107 cases reported on Jan. 1
•    71 cases reported on Jan. 2
•    52 cases reported on Jan. 3
•    60 cases reported on Jan. 4

·           767 cases are active and on isolation.

·           Thirty-nine people are in hospital; six of them in ICU.

·           Total number of deaths in IH has risen to 32.

•    1 additional death at McKinney Place in Oliver.
•    1 death at Heritage Square in Vernon.
•    2 deaths in community/hospital.

Update on outbreaks:

·           Creekside Landing long-term care in Vernon has four cases: two residents and two staff.

·           Williams Lake Seniors Village has two cases: one resident and one staff.

·           Noric House long-term care in Vernon has nine cases: eight residents and one staff.

·           Heritage Square long-term care in Vernon has 30 cases: 20 residents and 10 staff, with one death connected to this outbreak.

·           Heritage Retirement Residence in West Kelowna has 40 cases: 35 residents and five staff, with one death connected to this outbreak.

·           Teck mining operations remains at 16 IH cases linked to the outbreak.

·           McKinney Place long-term care in Oliver remains at 75 cases: 54 residents and 21 staff, with 13 deaths connected to this outbreak.

·           Village by the Station long-term care in Penticton has nine cases: five residents and four staff, with one death connected to this outbreak.

·           Mountainview Village long-term care in Kelowna remains at 16 cases: eight residents and eight staff, with two deaths connected to this outbreak.