Over the past week, there has been an increase of 222 cases in the province (216 cases in British Columbia and an increase of 6 cases from outside Canada). Every Thursday, the BC Centre for Disease Control releases weekly surveillance reports on COVID-19 in the province.
Summary of Findings
This week, the BC CDC concluded that:
- New reported cases have increased but hospital admissions and deaths remain low
- Cumulative incidence remains highest in the Lower Mainland; however the largest number of new cases in the last week was reported by Interior Health.
- Likely source of infection for most cases was contact with a local case or cluster.
- The number of reported cases among children remains low. The age group with the largest number of new cases in the last week (83/222 new cases; 37%) were 20-29 year olds
- One new outbreak has been declared and another declared over since the last report
- The number of cases in hospital and in critical care remains low
- The BC outbreak trajectory remains favourable compared to other provinces and countries
Breakdown by Health Authorities
| Health Authority | VCH | FHA | IHA | VIHA | NHA | Non-Can |
| Cases This Week | 23 | 83 | 92 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| Active Cases | 68 | 123 | 86 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| – Community | 62 | 113 | 84 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| – Hospital | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| – – Intensive Care | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Recovered | 879 | 1,548 | 227 | 128 | 67 | 49 |
| Deaths | 104 | 79 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Cases | 1,051 | 1,750 | 315 | 142 | 77 | 57 |
| Cases per 100K | 84.8 | 91.2 | 39.3 | 16.7 | 25.7 | – |
| Median Case Age | 55 | 46 | 38 | 50 | 46 | 43 |
| – Hospitalized | 69 | 69 | 62 | 72 | 44 | 49 |
| – Death | 87 | 83 | 73 | 85 | – | – |
For the full surveillance report from BC CDC, please click here.