By James Peters

COVID-19

B.C. COVID-19 case count increases by 2,491 over the weekend; infant from Interior dies of virus

Apr 26, 2021 | 3:39 PM

VICTORIA — The active caseload of COVID-19 in British Columbia has decreased over the past three days, but the level of hospitalization remains disconcertingly high for health officials.

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported 2,491 new cases of the virus in the province — 881 on Saturday (Apr. 24), 847 on Sunday and 763 on Monday. Overall, there were 206 new cases within Interior Health.

That brings the provincial total to 126,249 since the pandemic began, spread out as follows:

• 31,228 — Vancouver Coastal (up by 466)
• 72,548 — Fraser Health (up by 1,632)
• 4,540 — Island Health (up by 82)
• 10,664 — Interior Health (up by 206)
• 7,080 — Northern Health (up by 104)
• 189 — Reside outside of Canada (up by 1)

Henry reported 8,199 active cases of the virus in B.C. Monday, a decrease of 643 from Friday. There are 484 people in hospital and 158 in intensive care. Both figures are very slight decreases from Friday.

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Within Interior Health, there are 614 active cases of COVID-19, a decrease of 188 from Friday. There are 38 people in hospital with the virus and 17 in intensive care. Both figures are up from Friday.

Seventeen more people have died of COVID-19 in the past three days, raising the provincial death toll to 1,571. Five of those deaths took place in Interior Health, raising the regional death toll to 129.

Henry noted a coroners report has now confirmed COVID-19 as the cause of death for an infant from Interior Health, making the infant the youngest person in B.C. to die of the virus. The infant died in January, but the coroners report was just completed last week.

A total of 12,340 people are under active public health monitoring due to direct contact with COVID-19.

There are 116,241 people who are now considered fully recovered from the virus, or 92 per cent of all recorded cases.

Henry noted 1,635,372 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to British Columbians to date.