B.C.'s 16 such deaths is the fewest since B.C. launched weekly data updates in April
B.C. recorded its lowest level of new weekly COVID-19 deaths since the province in April started reporting those deaths on a weekly basis – 16 in the week ended September 10.
B.C.'s Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix yesterday postponed a press briefing set for today that was to include epidemiological modelling for the virus in the province. This was the second postponement in a week and was perhaps due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The press conference was first set for Monday, but was pushed to today. It is not clear when the next live update from officials will take place. Data for new COVID-19 deaths in B.C.
She said in April that she was changing the process for counting deaths, and that the new procedure would be to include all deaths that involved people infected with COVID-19 in weekly updates and the overall death toll. She said that the province's Vital Statistics Agency would then determine that some deaths were not due to COVID-19 and that it would remove those deaths from the overall death toll. That does not appear to be happening.
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