Covid Latest

• COVID-19: B.C. vaccine card mandate set to be dropped on Friday

  B.C. is still in a pandemic, reaching a grim milestone on Friday as the number of deaths since the start of the pandemic topped 3,000.

  Health

  Apr 4, 2022
  
• Canada’s top doctors still recommend wearing a mask — even as provinces ditch mandates

  Despite provinces increasingly dropping their COVID-19 mask requirements, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said on Friday that wearing a mask is still a very good idea.

  Canada

  Mar 18, 2022
  
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• COVID-19: 44 deaths recorded over B.C. Family Day weekend, with 3 people in their 40s

  There were 2,103 cases recorded over the long weekend but case numbers are no longer an accurate depiction of how the virus is spreading in B.C. due to testing limitations.

  Health

  Feb 22, 2022
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• COVID-19: B.C. hospital numbers decline again as province gets ready to lift restrictions

  These latest numbers are released as B.C. health officials announced the province will be dropping many COVID restrictions, starting Wednesday at 11:59 p.m.

  Health

  Feb 15, 2022
• ‘Certainly been a long two years’: B.C. marks COVID-19 anniversary

  The first case in B.C. was Canada's third case and Henry said it involved a man in his 40s in the Vancouver Coast Health region.

  Health

  Jan 28, 2022
• COVID-19: B.C. sees jump in ICU numbers as 15 new admissions recorded in 24 hours

  One person has died from complications due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing that total to 2,554 since the pandemic began.

  Health

  Jan 25, 2022
• Canada’s Omicron wave of COVID-19 may have peaked, top doctors say

  Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said a number of indicators — including test positivity rates and wastewater surveillance — show signs of a slow in COVID-19 spread.

  Canada

  Jan 21, 2022
• B.C. records another 326 COVID cases and one more death in 24 hours

  From Nov. 29 to Dec. 5, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 58.7 per cent of new COVID-19 cases. From Nov. 22 to Dec. 5, they accounted for 63.1 per cent of hospitalizations.

  Health

  Dec 7, 2021
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• B.C. to start vaccinating kids age 5 to 11 against COVID next week

  The BCCDC and provincial health will be working to distribute information to families so they can read about the studies done looking into the Pfizer vaccine.

  Health

  Nov 23, 2021
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• B.C. records 243 new cases of COVID-19 in only 24 hours, with more than half in Interior

  According to the COVID update Friday, 47 people are in the hospital, a decrease of four since Thursday and 16 people are in the ICU, also a decrease of four in the past 24 hours.

  Health

  Jul 30, 2021