B.C. Covid cases on the rise again

Apr 14, 2021 | 4:32 PM

B.C. saw another surge of new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday with 1,168.

That’s not a record total, but it’s within the province’s top four, raising the overall total to 114,870.

Of the new cases, 105 are in Interior Health (9 per cent), with 341 in Vancouver Coastal Health (29.2 per cent), 632 in Fraser Health (54.1 per cent), 64 in Island Health (5.5 per cent) and 26 in the Northern Health region (2.2 per cent).

There have been six new Covid-related deaths, for a total of 1,521 in B.C.

There are 9,821 active cases with 397 individuals hospitalized and 120 in criticla or intensive care.

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To date, 1,190,832 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca-SII COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C., 87,820 of which are second doses.

Dr. Bonnie Henry said in a statement, they strongly encourage everyone who is now eligible for a vaccine to arrange an appointment today.

“Everyone 55 and older is eligible for a vaccine today. The Astra Zeneca vaccine is available for anyone 55 and over through your local pharmacy. People 64 and older and Indigenous peoples 18 and over, as well as individuals who have received a ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ letter, are being invited to book through the Get Vaccinated program,” Henry said.

Henry said they are pleased to see today’s Health Canada assessment and decision on the AstraZeneca vaccine.

“We’ve been following this closely, and we await the recommendations from the National Advisory Council on Immunization to determine how to best use this vaccine going forward to further enhance our protection,” she stated.

Health Canada is still recommending that Canadians get the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, despite very rare cases of blood clots including one case in Canada.

The agency says the vaccine is safe for anyone to take.

Scientists haven’t yet been able to explain how the drug may be causing the rare clots.

Update on outbreaks:

· Cottonwoods Care Centre long-term care in Kelowna has 29 cases: 26 residents and three staff, with one death connected to the outbreak.

· Kelowna General Hospital unit 4E has three cases: one patient and two staff.

· Vernon Jubilee Hospital Level 3 surgical unit has 14 cases: 10 patients and four staff, with three deaths connected to the outbreak.

by Pete McIntyre

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