COVID-19 on Vancouver Island: Health officials to provide update
CTV
British Columbia health officials will provide an update Monday on the latest COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations recorded over the weekend.
The update is expected in a written statement after 3 p.m.
It comes after six more deaths from COVID-19 were recorded in the province on Friday. One of the deaths was confirmed in the Vancouver Island region while three occurred in Fraser Health and one was reported in Interior Health.
Friday's update brought B.C.'s pandemic death toll to 2,468, including 152 deaths in the island region.
Data released by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control on Friday showed a considerable decrease in COVID-19 hospitalizations on Vancouver Island.
Thirty-seven people are currently in hospital with COVID-19 on the island, down from 65 reported Thursday, and 59 recorded on Jan. 7.
The number of patients in intensive care on the island remained unchanged Friday, with nine people in ICU, according to the BCCDC.
Another 297 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Vancouver Island region Friday.
The new cases were among 2,275 cases confirmed across the province.
