By James Peters

COVID-19

Wednesday COVID-19 case count was 572 in B.C., 57 in Interior Health

May 5, 2021 | 3:37 PM

VICTORIA — There are more positive signs for B.C.’s fight against COVID-19 Wednesday (May 5).

In a prepared statement, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports 572 new cases of the virus, including 57 within Interior Health.

That brings the overall total in B.C. to 132,925 cases, spread through B.C. as follows:

• 32,562 — Vancouver Coastal (up by 118)
• 76,955 — Fraser Health (up by 362)
• 4,767 — Island Health (up by 22)
• 11,197 — Interior Health (up by 57)
• 7,250 — Northern Health (up by 13)
• 193 — Reside outside of Canada (unchanged)

Henry reports 6,877 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C. Wednesday, a decrease of 284 from Tuesday. There are 481 people in hospital with 161 in intensive care.

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Within Interior Health, there are 546 active cases of the virus, including 30 people in hospital and 16 in critical care.

No one has died of the virus today, leaving the B.C. death toll at 1,597 and the Interior Health death toll at 131.

Henry notes 124,252 people are considered fully recovered from COVID-19, or 93 per cent of all recorded cases.

The province has now administered 1,943,230 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to British Columbians.