B.C. Covid update Wednesday: 456 new cases, 30 in Interior Health

Feb 24, 2021 | 3:35 PM Pete McIntyre

The province is reporting 456 new Covid-19 cases in British Columbia.

It raises the number of active cases to 4,668, with 237 of those in hospital, 64 in critical or intensive care.

New case counts by heath region:

108 Vancouver Coastal Health
259 Fraser Health
35 Island Health
30 Interior Health
20 Northern Health
4 people who reside outside of Canada.

Interior Health is reporting five new deaths including one at the Creekside Landing care home in Vernon where an outbreak was declared over today.

To date, 230,875 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in B.C., 62,608 of which are second doses.

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks.

On this Pink Shirt Day, a statement from provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix urged residents to take a moment to remind themselves about the importance of compassion and kindness in the face of Covid-19 challenges.

“Kindness is staying away from friends and family, it is offering thanks to the store clerk who reminds us to follow their safety plan, it is offering a smile – even behind our masks and assuming the best of everyone around us,” Henry and Dix said.

To share your feedback in the Personal Impacts of COVID-19 survey, visit: https://www.bcchr.ca/POP/our-research/pics

Update on Interior Health numbers:

Five new deaths to report for a total of 101.

o One at Creekside Landing in Vernon.

o Two connected to a previous outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital.

o One at Westsyde Care Residence group home in Kamloops.

o One in the community/hospital.

Update on outbreaks:

· Kelowna General Hospital has five cases: four patients and one staff.

· The Florentine in Merritt has two resident cases.

· Highridge/Singh House group home in Kamloops has 13 cases: five residents and eight staff.

· Westsyde Care Residence group home in Kamloops has 30 cases: 17 residents and 13 staff, with two deaths connected to this outbreak.

· Brocklehurst Gemstone long-term care in Kamloops has 32 cases: 24 residents and eight staff, with two deaths connected to this outbreak.

· Noric House long-term care in Vernon has 67 cases: 39 residents and 28 staff, with 10 deaths connected to this outbreak.