The province has recorded one new at-home death, Dr. Bonnie Henry said in her Monday (April 6) update.
The person who died is a man in his 40s, B.C.B次元官网网址檚 top doctor said, and he was a known positive case. The province has seen 63 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 48 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 1,266. there have been 39 deaths due to COVID-19, with 37 occurring in people 70 or older. The two younger deaths were of the man in his 40s and one more in his 60s.
Of those 1,266 cases, 783 have recovered, pushing B.C.B次元官网网址檚 recovery rate up to just shy of 62 per cent. There are 444 active cases in the province.
Henry said there are 140 people in hospital, 72 of whom are in ICU. As of Friday (April 4), 48,508 had been tested for the virus in B.C.
B.C.B次元官网网址檚 top doctor said she is relieved to see new cases slow in the province in contrast to Ontario and Quebec.
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But British Columbian canB次元官网网址檛 let up.
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Health Minister Adrian Dix said the hospital occupancy rate is at 58 per cent for regular beds and 53 per cent for critical care beds.
He urged all religious communities to celebrate upcoming holidays, whether Easter, Ramadan, Passover or any others in a safe way.
Both Henry and Dix said there were not any issues with personal protective equipment, but urged people to save any medical masks for healthcare workers.
Henry said that non-medical masks, as green-lit by CanadaB次元官网网址檚 chief medical officer Monday morning, can stop the droplets that spread the virus, although they will not protect the wearer from infection.
She said British Columbians still need to abide by the other rules set out, including proven measures like physical distancing, as B次元官网网址渢his virus canB次元官网网址檛 jump six feet.B次元官网网址�
Henry noted it was stressful time for families with elders in longterm care but said now was not the time to disrupt their lives and try to take them home.
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The total case numbers, by health authority: 586 in Vancouver Coastal Health, 450 in Fraser Health, 79 in Island Health, 128 in Interior Health and 23 in Northern Health.
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