By James Peters

COVID-19

B.C. records 449 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday, including 58 in Interior Health

Feb 11, 2021 | 3:30 PM

VICTORIA — B.C. has recorded another 449 cases of COVID-19 Thursday (Feb. 11). The total was contained in an update prepared by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry.

Fifty-eight of the newly-recorded cases were found within Interior Health.

The overall B.C. case count is now at 72,305, spread out thusly:

• 16,608 — Vancouver Coastal (up by 93)
• 42,910 — Fraser Health (up by 242)
• 1,935 — Island Health (up by 19)
• 6,872 — Interior Health (up by 58)
• 3,939 — Northern Health (up by 37)
• 146 — Reside outside of Canada (unchanged)

Henry says there are 4,317 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C., up by 12 from Wednesday. There are 224 patients in hospital with 63 in intensive care.

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Nine more people have died of the virus, raising the province’s death toll to 1,278.

The number of people under active public health surveillance due to direct COVID-19 contact is 6,869.

A total of 66,603 people are considered fully recovered from the virus, or 92 per cent of all recorded cases.

Henry says 159,887 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, including 15,684 second doses.