By James Peters

COVID-19

COVID-19 case count grows by 853 in B.C.; 43 new cases in Interior Health

Apr 29, 2021 | 1:37 PM

VICTORIA — The province of B.C. is reporting 853 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday (Apr. 29), including 43 within Interior Health. (Note: An earlier version of this story included different totals. It has since been updated the B.C. Ministry of Health.)

Overall, B.C. has recorded 128,742 total cases of the virus since the pandemic began, spread out as follows:

• 31,701 — Vancouver Coastal (up by 181)
• 74,197 — Fraser Health (up by 574)
• 4,633 — Island Health (up by 30)
• 10,877 — Interior Health (up by 43)
• 7,141 — Northern Health (up by 25)
• 193 — Reside outside of Canada (unchanged)

There are 7,996 active cases of the virus Thursday, down by 13 from Wednesday. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry noted 503 people in hospital and 178 in critical care or intensive care with COVID-19 Thursday.

Within Interior Health, there are 621 active cases, down by 38 from Wednesday. There are 34 people in hospital and 18 in critical care.

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There has been one death in B.C., raising the provincial death toll to 1,577. Henry revealed the death took place within Interior Health, meaning the regional death toll is now 131.

Public health officials have 11,628 people under active monitoring due to direct COVID-19 contact.

There are now 118,937 people considered fully recovered from the virus, or 92 per cent of all recorded cases.

A total of 1,749,375 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to date in B.C.