The B.C. Ministry of Health reported 14 deaths in the past 24 hours, with that total now at 2,929.
The number of people in hospital either because of COVID-19 or with the disease continues to fall – with 405 cases in hospital on Tuesday, including 58 in intensive care.
On Tuesday there were 5,604 PCR tests performed – about a quarter of B.C.’s testing capacity – with just over seven per cent of those tests coming back positive. Due to limited testing, the government does not know how many active cases there are in the community, instead relying on hospitalization numbers and wastewater data to give guidance on where the pandemic is headed.
Given hospital numbers and wastewater test figures are falling, the pandemic is considered to be easing.et the latest COVID-19 news delivered to your inbox weeknights at 7 p.m. by subscribing to our newsletter
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
COVID-19 booster doses available for Albertans aged 12-17 starting next week
Read more »
Thousands of Ontario restaurants, small businesses waiting on Ontario COVID-19 relief grantsAbout $98-million has been sent out to more than 9,800 businesses and another 8,884 applications are currently being processed, says Ontario Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction
Read more »
After 549 days in 9 hospitals and facilities with COVID-19, this man is finally homeIn the last year and a half, Donnell Hunter has missed his daughter's first day of kindergarten, his son's standout season of youth football, the birth of his grandson and countless other memories, all because of his long battle against COVID-19.
Read more »
Do your research on COVID-19 before travel: ExpertAn infectious disease specialist encourages travellers to do their research and know the COVID-19 protocols for their destination.
Read more »
Study links even mild COVID-19 to changes in the brainPeople who have even a mild case of Covid-19 may have accelerated aging of the brain and other changes to it, according to a new study.
Read more »
As COVID-19 cases go from 1 to 24,000, New Zealand changes tackBack in August, New Zealand's government put the entire nation on lockdown after a single community case of the coronavirus was detected. On Tuesday, when new daily cases hit a record of nearly 24,000, officials told hospital workers they could help out on understaffed COVID-19 wards even if they were mildly sick themselves.
Read more »