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Another 429 COVID-19 cases in B.C. as health orders reviewed

91ƵAn encouraging trend,91Ƶ Dr. Bonnie Henry says
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Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry updates B.C.91Ƶs COVID-19 situation at the B.C. legislature, Feb. 1, 2020. (B.C. government)

B.C.91Ƶs infection rate for COVID-19 is moving in the right direction, with 429 new cases Tuesday and fewer than 300 people in hospital with the novel coronavirus, public health officials said.

In the 24 hours up to Feb. 2 there were eight new COVID-19 related deaths, and one new health care facility outbreak at Carelife Fleetwood in Surrey. An outbreak at Heritage Retirement Residence in West Kelowna has been declared over.

With small batches of vaccine arriving this week, B.C. is now up to more than 140,000 people who have received at least one dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

91ƵWe91Ƶre seeing an encouraging trend in our COVID-19 curve,91Ƶ provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said in a statement. 91ƵThe efforts you are making, combined with the immunization of our long-term care residents and workers, are making a difference.91Ƶ

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The current public health orders restricting private gatherings and advising against non-essential travel are expiring on Friday, and Henry will be providing an update on orders and the latest analysis from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control of the spread of the original virus and its recently detected variants.

B.C.91Ƶs new cases of COVID-19 continued at a steady pace over the weekend, with 408 up to Saturday, 473 up to Sunday and 277 up to Monday, reflecting a lower number of test results completed on Sundays.

Of the latest cases, there were 202 positive tests in the Fraser Health region, where transmission has slowed significantly since late in 2020. There were 112 new cases in Vancouver Coastal, 51 in Interior Health, 35 in Northern Health and 27 on Vancouver Island.



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