Here is your daily update with everything you need to know about the novel coronavirus situation in British Columbia.
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Here is your daily update with everything you need to know about the novel coronavirus situation in British Columbia for August 6, 2021.
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Here we’ll provide summaries of what’s happening in British Columbia so you can get the latest news at a glance. This page will be updated regularly throughout the day, with developments added as they occur.
Check back here for more updates throughout the day. You can also get the latest COVID-19 news delivered to your inbox on weekday evenings at 7 p.m. by signing up for our newsletter here.
BC COVID-19 CASE NUMBERS
According to the latest figures given on August 5
• Total number of confirmed cases: 151,375 (2,066 active cases)
• New cases since August 4, 402
• Total number of deaths: 1,772 (no new deaths)
• Hospitalized cases: 58
• Intensive care: 21
• Total vaccinations: 3,785,216 received the first dose; 3,172,287 second doses
• Healing of an acute infection: 147,510
• Currently affected long-term care and assisted-living homes and acute care facilities: five
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IN DEPTH :COVID-19: Here are all British Columbia cases of the novel coronavirus
GUIDES AND LINKS BC
• COVID-19: here’s everything you need to know about the new coronavirus
• COVID-19: Here’s how to get vaccinated in British Columbia
• COVID-19: Find your neighborhood on our interactive map of case and vaccination rates in British Columbia
• COVID-19: Afraid of needles? Here’s how to overcome your fear and get vaccinated
• COVID-19: Five things to know about the spread of P1 variant in British Columbia
• COVID-19: Here are all BC cases of the novel coronavirus in 2021
• COVID-19: have you been exposed? Here are all of British Columbia’s public health alerts
• COVID-19 in British Columbia schools: here are the school district’s exposure alerts
• COVID-19: Avoid these hand sanitizers being recalled in Canada
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• COVID-19: Here’s where to get tested in Metro Vancouver
• British Columbia COVID-19 Symptom Self-Assessment Tool
LATEST NEWS on COVID-19 in British Columbia
VCH reduces the number of vaccination clinics
Vancouver Coastal Health says it is seeing a significant reduction in the number of people attending immunization clinics, reducing the number of clinics.
It will continue to operate three mass vaccination clinics, one in North Vancouver, Vancouver and Richmond.
The health authority said resources from other clinics would be redirected to help outreach efforts in communities where vaccination has been slower.
The following mass vaccination clinics will continue to operate after September 1.
- ICBC Test Collection Site, 255 Lloyd Ave., North Vancouver
- Italian Cultural Center, 3075 Slocan Street, Vancouver
- River Rock Theater, 8811 River Rd., Richmond
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Additional clinics will continue to be added in specific areas where vaccination has been slower or where additional capacity is needed.
These clinics will be opened as needed and posted on the VCH website here.
BC strategy focuses on vaccination – even as the number of cases increases
As British Columbia recorded the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in Canada on Thursday, its senior health officials continued to emphasize a vaccination-focused combat strategy.
British Columbia reported 402 new cases daily Thursday, the highest number since May 21, during the waning portion of wave three. Most of them, 234, were in the Interior Health Region. The number of active COVID-19 cases rose to 2,066, the highest since early June, at the start of the fourth wave of infection in British Columbia. More than half, 1,121, were in internal health.
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Provincial Health Minister Adrian Dix and Provincial Health Officer Dr Bonnie Henry outlined British Columbia’s vaccination strategy at a press conference Thursday.
Dix remained optimistic about the success of “Walk-in Wednesday”, calling the province-wide vaccination project, in which 6,130 people received their first dose, “better than Christmas” for a minister of health. Health facing a global pandemic.
When asked about the increase in the number of cases, the threat posed by the variants and Quebec’s decision to provide vaccine passports, Dix and Henry maintained that British Columbia’s best way to control the virus lies in a rate of high provincial vaccination.
“This is the way to go,” Dix said. “And we have to keep pushing and pushing every day.
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-Glenda Luymes
Daily number of cases and active cases on the rise again in British Columbia
British Columbia continues to lead Canada in the number of new daily cases, with 402 more cases reported on Thursday – while active cases increased from 302 to 2,066. This is the highest number of cases since 21 May – during the waning portion of the third wave of COVID-19 in British Columbia – and the most active cases since early June, at the start of the fourth wave of infection in British Columbia.
Active cases peaked in British Columbia on April 16 at 10,081.
Interior Health continues to account for the most new cases in British Columbia, reaching 58% of all new infections on Wednesday.
Interior Health is half the size of Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health and about the same size as Island Health – which was responsible for just over 6% of cases on Wednesday.
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White House confirms US may require foreign visitors to be vaccinated
The White House confirmed Thursday that it plans to require foreign visitors to be vaccinated because it plans to possibly reopen international travel, but said it had not made any final decisions and was not immediately going to lift the restrictions. restrictions.
White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients has confirmed that an interagency task force is making plans that foreign nationals may “need some type of required vaccine.”
He pointed out that the White House had not made any final decisions on vaccine requirements and said it was a path under consideration.
Reuters first reported on Thursday the White House’s efforts to expand vaccine requirements.
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-Reuters
WEEKLY COVID CASE NUMBER OF BC, VACCINATION RATE
Find out how your neighborhood is doing in the fight against COVID-19 with the latest number of new cases, positivity rates and vaccination rates:
BC VACCINE MONITORING
LOCAL RESOURCES for COVID-19 information
Here is a number of information and landing pages for COVID-19 from various health and government agencies.
• British Columbia COVID-19 Symptom Self-Assessment Tool
• Vancouver Coastal Health – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Information
• HealthLink BC – Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information Page
• British Columbia Center for Disease Control – Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Government of Canada – Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): outbreak update
• World Health Organization – Outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
–With files from The Canadian Press
