COVID-19 in B.C.: 749 cases, 9 deaths in latest update
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B.C. health officials announced 749 new cases of COVID-19 and nine related deaths on Thursday, as offices around the province closed to observe the first ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
B.C. health officials announced 749 new cases of COVID-19 and nine related deaths on Thursday, as offices around the province closed to observe the first ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Thursday's written statement from the Ministry of Health began with a message honouring residential school survivors and victims.
"The ministry and the provincial health officer and her staff are observing the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Day this year, encouraging employees to learn more about the history and ongoing legacy of residential schools, and to have important conversations about how to bring action to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in B.C.," the statement reads.
The ministry's pandemic update was truncated due to the holiday, according to the statement. It did not include the number of active cases or hospitalizations. There are currently 145 infectious COVID-19 patients in intensive care units, according to the ministry.
Since the pandemic began, 186,994 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in B.C., and 1,962 people have died.
The latest deaths occurred across all five of B.C.'s regional health authorities, with three in Fraser Health, two in Interior Health, two in Island Health, one in Northern Health and one in Vancouver Coastal Health.
Fraser Health and Interior Health saw the largest numbers of new cases on Thursday, with 267 and 157, respectively.
