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Provincial health officials announced another 90 cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia on Friday, as well as two additional deaths.
The latest update from Health Minister Adrian Dix and Dr. Réka Gustafson, the deputy provincial health officer, brings to end one of B.C.’s worst weeks since the pandemic began.
The death toll in B.C. climbed to 202 on Friday, one day after reaching the 200 mark. The province has now seen four coronavirus-related deaths in just two days.
Total cases in B.C. rose to 4,915, and it is a virtual certainty that the province will surpass 5,000 cases over the weekend.
There are now active 824 cases of COVID-19 in the province — the first time this number has surpassed 800.
As the Health Minister said Thursday, these round numbers aren’t significant in themselves, but they do tend to grab one’s attention.
Hospitalizations in B.C. continued to increase Friday. Two more individuals were admitted to hospital Friday and one is in critical care. Currently, 13 B.C. residents are hospitalized with COVID-19, five of whom are in the ICU.
