Vancouver Island adds 8 new cases as COVID-19 surge continues
Health officials identified eight new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Island region Wednesday.
The new cases are among 185 cases found across British Columbia over the past 24 hours.
There are currently 909 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C., including 41 active cases in the island region, according to a statement Wednesday from the health ministry.
The eight new cases identified Wednesday represents the largest single-day case total for the island region since June 10, according to data from the BC Centre for Disease Control.
Three more deaths from the disease were reported in the Vancouver Coastal Health region on Wednesday, bringing the province's pandemic death toll at 1,771.
Since the pandemic began, 41 people have died of COVID-19 in the Island Health region.
There is currently one person in hospital with COVID-19 in the island region and no one in critical care, according to the BC Centre for Disease Control.
Island Health officials identified the locations of 38 active cases in the island region Wednesday, including 27 in the South Island, 10 in the Central Island and one in the North Island.
As of Wednesday, 80.9 per cent of British Columbians aged 12 and older have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, while 63.2 per cent have received two doses.
B.C. health-care workers have administered 6,685,982 doses of COVID-19 vaccine since the vaccines became available in December.
Background
CTV News Vancouver Island reports the daily COVID-19 case counts as reported by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix, which are based on BCCDC data. There may be a discrepancy between the daily case counts reported by the BCCDC and Island Health.
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