COVID-19 on Vancouver Island: Health officials to provide update
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B.C. health officials will return to the podium Friday morning for an update on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix will be joined by Dr. Penny Ballem, executive lead of B.C.'s COVID-19 Immunization Program, for the briefing.
The update will be streamed live on this page and on CTV News Vancouver Island at 10 a.m.
On Thursday, health officials said 4,383 new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in the province, including a record-breaking 460 new cases in the Vancouver Island region.
As of Thursday, there were 17,357 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C., including 856 active cases in the Island Health region.
Forty-one people are in hospital for treatment of COVID-19 on Vancouver Island, including 12 patients in critical care, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.
One death related to COVID-19 was recorded in B.C. in the Interior Health region Thursday.
Since the pandemic, 2,420 COVID-19 deaths have been confirmed in British Columbia, including 142 reported in the island region.
As of Thursday, 88 per cent of eligible British Columbians aged five and older have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 82.9 per cent have received two doses.
