Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Minister of Health Adrian Dix have announced another 45 confirmed COVID-19 cases in BC, bringing the total to 231.
No new deaths were announced.
Vancouver Coastal Health has 144 confirmed COVID-19 cases while Island Health has 16.
Five locations around the province test for COVID-19 and Dix says it’s believed that approximately 17-thousand people have been tested.
Thirteen people are hospitalized and seven are in intensive care. Five people have recovered.
Close to a million British Columbians have used the COVID-19 self-assessment tool, more than 18-hundred people have used the 1-888-COVID19 phone line and between three thousand and four thousand people are using the 8-1-1 line a day.
Dix urges British Columbians to self-isolate.
Earlier today, BC’s Solicitor General Mike Farnworth declared a state of emergency, one day after a public health emergency was issued.
