B.C. COVID-19 update Tuesday: cases down, another death in IH

Jan 5, 2021 | 4:03 PM Pete McIntyre

The number of new Covid-19 cases is down a bit today in B.C., with 428.

That’s down from the daily average over the New Year’s weekend of 552.

There has also been eight new deaths, including one in Interior Health.

There are 428 new cases of #COVID19 in #BC in the last 24 hours, 2 of which are epi-linked.

367 people are currently in hospital, 77 of whom are in intensive care.

— Adrian Dix (@adriandix) January 5, 2021

Interior Health is reporting 61 new cases since Jan. 4, for a total of 4,239.

769 cases are active and on isolation.
Thirty-five people are in hospital; seven of them in ICU.
Total number of deaths in IH has risen to 33 with one death in community/hospital.

“Today we lost another member of our community to COVID-19 and on behalf of everyone at Interior Health, I want to offer our sincere condolences to their loved ones and care givers. Sadly, this brings our region to 33 COVID-19 related deaths since the start of the pandemic. I encourage everyone to take the necessary steps to limit the spread of this virus and to stay committed in the fight against COVID-19,” Susan Brown, president and CEO, Interior Health, said.

Update on outbreaks in Interior Health:

· Creekside Landing long-term care in Vernon has 11 cases: eight residents and three staff.

· Williams Lake Seniors Village has two cases: one resident and one staff.

· Noric House long-term care in Vernon has 10 cases: eight residents and two staff.

· Heritage Square long-term care in Vernon has 31 cases: 21 residents and 10 staff, with one death connected to this outbreak.

· Heritage Retirement Residence in West Kelowna has 42 cases: 37 residents and five staff, with one death connected to this outbreak.

· Teck mining operations remains at 16 IH cases linked to the outbreak.

· McKinney Place long-term care in Oliver has 77 cases: 54 residents and 23 staff, with 13 deaths connected to this outbreak.

· Village by the Station long-term care in Penticton has nine cases: five residents and four staff, with one death connected to this outbreak.

· Mountainview Village long-term care in Kelowna has 16 cases: eight residents and eight staff, with two deaths connected to this outbreak.

Update on Big White community cluster

· There are 25 new cases associated with the Big White cluster for a total of 136 cases.