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BC health officials commented on the COVID-19 pandemic and the continuing overdose crisis today.
As COVID-19 continues in BC, so does the overdose crisis
By Hannah Scott, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
Published 5:08 PDT, Tue August 25, 2020
Last Updated: 2:13 PDT, Wed May 12, 2021
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BC health officials again expressed their sadness at BC’s illicit drug overdose crisis in their COVID-19 report today.
The existing crisis has worsened as a result of the pandemic, said Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry.
They also announced 58 new cases today, including one that is epi-linked. There have been a total of 5,242 cases in British Columbia.
There are 925 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, a new record yet again. There are 2,675 people under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases, an increase of 81 from yesterday’s number.
Additionally, 22 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, seven of whom are in intensive care. This is a slight increase from yesterday, when 18 people were hospitalized and five in intensive care.
There were no new COVID-19 related deaths reported. However, there were two new healthcare facility outbreaks in the Fraser Health region, one at Bear Creek Villa and one at Langley Memorial Hospital. In total, 10 longterm care or assisted living facilities and two acute care facilities have active outbreaks.
There were no new community outbreaks, but community exposure events continue to occur at specific locations and on flights into and out of BC.
Henry and Dix acknowledged that recent daily cases are higher than many people are comfortable with, and said it’s important everyone continue to do their part to keep these numbers low.
“While we would all like to get to zero (new cases), we need to rather focus on prevention, detection and rapid response,” they said. “We know that COVID-19 is going to be with us for many months to come. As a result, unlike other viruses that have a vaccine, our focus is to keep new cases low and slow, and quickly contain new outbreaks as they occur.”
For a list of community exposure events, click here.
For the latest medical updates, including case counts, prevention, risks and testing, visit: http://www.bccdc.ca/ or follow @CDCofBC on Twitter.
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