There has been another death from COVID-19 on Vancouver Island, for a total of three deaths on the Island, according to the B.C. Centre of Disease Control’s website.
Island Health confirmed the death in hospital of a patient in their 80s. “We want to share our condolences with family and friends of this individual,” said Island Health CEO Kathy MacNeil.
The province announced 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, for a total of 1,575 people province-wide who have tested positive for the disease. Seventy-eight people have now died.
“We are saddened to report three new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 78 deaths in British Columbia,” said B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix. “We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones.”
There are 120 people in hospital in B.C. with COVID-19, including 56 in intensive care or critical-care units. On the Island, seven are in hospital, including two in intensive care.
Of those who have tested positive in B.C., 983 are considered to be fully recovered.
There have been 94 confirmed cases on Vancouver Island, with two new cases since Wednesday. Of those 94 cases, 22 have been hospitalized to date, two are currently in ICU and 53 have recovered.
There are 670 cases in Vancouver Coastal Health, 630 in Fraser Health, 149 in Interior Health and 32 in Northern Health.
Not everyone who might have COVID-19 is tested, and actual cases are likely higher than the confirmed cases.
Guidelines from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control limit testing to people who are hospitalized or likely to be hospitalized, health-care workers, residents in long-term care and people who are part of an investigation for a cluster outbreak.
