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Coronavirus: BC’s case count tops 70K with 1,236 new cases, 13 deaths reported over three days

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The number of COVID-19 cases British Columbia has reported since the start of the pandemic topped 70,000 on Monday, as officials recorded 1,236 new cases and 13 deaths over three days.

There were 428 cases from Friday to Saturday while 465 cases were reported from Saturday to Sunday, and 343 from Sunday to Monday. Five of the cases were epi-linked.

Of the new cases, 266 were in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 601 in the Fraser Health region, 86 in Island Health, 152 in Interior Health, and 131 in the Northern Health.

The province has recorded fewer than 500 cases for 10 straight days and the seven-day rolling average of B.C.’s positivity rates is 6 per cent.

There have been a total 70,952 cases of COVID-19 in B.C.

The 13 deaths bring the province's COVID-19 death toll to 1,259.

The number of people in hospital with the disease dropped by 19 to 234, the lowest total since Nov. 20. Sixty-nine of those patients are in intensive care.

There are 3,976 active cases in the province, a decrease of 10 per cent from Friday.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said there have been 40 cases of COVID-19 variants in the province -- 25 cases of the variant first identified in the U.K. and 15 cases of the variant first reported in South Africa.

For more details: https://globalnews.ca/news/7627836/bc-coronavirus-covid-19-update-february-8-2021/

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