COVID 19 on Vancouver Island
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spread of COVID 19 on Vancouver Island

Late yesterday afternoon, the BC Centre for Disease Control released more information about the spread of COVID 19 on Vancouver Island. 

Photo taken from BC Centre for Disease Control website

Spread of COVID 19 on Vancouver Island

During the week ending on Saturday, Feb 27, there were 58 active cases in North Vancouver Island. 44 of these were in the Comox Valley, 13 in the Greater Campbell River Area and 1 in North Vancouver Island.    

The worst outbreaks were to the south, in Central Vancouver Island.

This is the most up to date information, pertaining to Local Health Areas, released to the public.

Data from the BC COVID 19 Dashboard

Variants, hospitalizations & deaths

The BCCDC also released a COVID update report for the week of February 14-20. 

At that time there were 157 cases of the so called “UK variant”, B.1.1.7, and 23 cases of the South African variant B.1.351 in British Columbia. The report did not identify the infected communities.

Fewer elderly people are being admitted to hospitals, and the average age of admission is now 55 years.

There were no deaths for people 29 or younger and the average age for COVID related deaths was 80.

More up to date statistics from Island Health show that, as of yesterday, the number of active cases has dropped to 270. Sixty eight of these are in North Vancouver Island.  

There are currently 16 Vancouver Island residents in hospitals and 1 in critical care. 

Top photo credit: A couple celebrating Chinese New Year in Victoria by Rod Raglin via Flickr (CC BY SA,2.0 License)

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