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Not only is this another record for daily COVID-19 cases, more people than ever are hospitalized with the coronavirus, and another long-term care home has been hit by an outbreak.
RUPTURE British Columbia breaks daily record for COVID-19 with 717 new cases in the past 24 hours.
Also 11 new deaths linked to COVID-19, for a total of 310 deaths in British Columbia– Lasia Kretzel (@ lkretzel1130) November 17, 2020
Travel to and from the Lower Mainland has also led to an increase in cases on Vancouver Island and the North, according to a statement released Tuesday by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and the minister. of Health, Adrian Dix.
“That’s why it’s important that we stay local and travel less now,” the statement read.
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“When we spend time indoors with people outside of our home, workgroup, or school cohort, the risks increase for everyone. Instead, let’s stay connected virtually and make winter safer for all of us. ”
Almost 70 percent of new COVID-19 cases in the 24-hour period are in the Fraser Health Region, where the majority of the province’s infections are located.
BC covid19 status november 17
-another new file / day 717
– another week record 4423 (3439 last week, 2210 weeks before)
-another hospitalization record 198
-Another record of SLD 45 outbreak
-ppl isolated from the peak of 12016 but record on the island at 556#bcpoli @ NEWS1130 https://t.co/A0ZlBPDsLI pic.twitter.com/Xi2RkU90HT– LizaYuzda (@LizaYuzda) November 17, 2020
Throughout November, more people continued to be admitted to hospital due to COVID-19, repeatedly breaking records. There are 198 people in hospital because of the virus, the highest to date. Among the patients currently hospitalized, 63 are in intensive care.
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There is another health care outbreak at Tsawaayuss-Rainbow Gardens, a nursing home in the island’s health region.
No new community outbreak, but COVID-19[FEMININE se trouve dans 7 hôpitaux et 46 foyers de soins, dont Tsawaayuss-Rainbow Gardens sur l’île de Vancouver.
Nouveaux cas / région sanitaire:
177 Côte de Vancouver
484 Fraser
16 Île
18 Intérieur
21 Nord
1 non-résident du Canada#bcpoli @ NEWS1130– Marcella Bernardo (@ Bernardo1130) 17 novembre 2020
Il n’y avait aucune éclosion communautaire à signaler.
Près de 11000 personnes en Colombie-Britannique font maintenant l’objet d’une surveillance de la santé publique parce qu’elles sont entrées en contact étroit avec une personne atteinte du COVID-19.
Depuis le début de la pandémie, 310 personnes sont décédées à cause du virus et 23 661 infections ont été confirmées.
«Le plus grand impact que vous pouvez avoir est à travers les petites actions que vous prenez chaque jour», ont déclaré Henry et Dix.
«Tout comme nous enfilons nos vestes pour nous garder au chaud sous la pluie et la neige, nos couches de sécurité COVID-19 le sont aussi pour nous protéger tous. Se laver les mains, garder une distance de sécurité et toujours porter un masque dans les endroits où vous êtes avec des personnes que vous ne connaissez pas – ces choses font une différence.
-Avec les fichiers de Liza Yuzda
