One more person with COVID-19 has died in Island Health, bringing the number of deaths in the region since Aug. 20 to six.
British Columbia reported 785 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday as the number of people being treated in intensive care units climbed to 112. A total of 199 are being treated in hospital for COVID-19.
In Island Health, 69 new cases were reported. Twelve of the 15 people in hospital with COVID-19 in the region are in ICU.
The death in Island Health brings the region’s total to 48. One other death was reported in B.C., for a total of 1,818 deaths.
The Interior Health region had 2,299 active cases Wednesday, compared with 1,504 cases in Fraser Health, the province’s largest region and previously the epicentre of the pandemic in B.C. There were 538 known active cases in Island Health.
All five of B.C.’s health authorities have outbreaks in long-term care and acute-care facilities as well as those that provide assisted living and independent care.
Eight more cases were reported in the outbreak at Sunset Lodge in Victoria, where 14 staff and 20 residents have tested positive for COVID-19. One person has died.
Modelling of projected cases presented by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry this week suggests the number of daily cases in B.C. could pass 1,000 by the end of the month.
