COVID-19 on Vancouver Island: Health officials to provide mid-week update
CTV
B.C. health officials will provide an update on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday afternoon.
The update will be released as a written statement after 3 p.m.
On Tuesday, B.C. announced 406 new cases of COVID-19, including 51 cases identified in the Vancouver Island region.
Tuesday's update brought B.C.'s number of active cases to 4,694, including 652 active cases in the Island Health region.
Island Health data identified the locations of 567 active cases Tuesday, including 128 in the South Island, 375 in the Central Island and 64 in the North Island.
Five COVID-19-related deaths were recorded in B.C. on Tuesday, including four deaths in Northern Health and one death in Interior Health.
Since the pandemic began, 2,186 people have died of COVID-19 in B.C., including 96 deaths recorded in the Island Health region.
On Tuesday afternoon, Island Health announced a new COVID-19 outbreak at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.
There are now three active COVID-19 outbreaks on the island, including one at the hospital, one at a long-term care home in Nanaimo and one at the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre.
