518 new BC COVID-19 cases and 19 deaths in BC, Dec 23, 2020

Since yesterday, there have been 518 more diagnosed COVID-19 cases in B.C.

Case Counts:

Total cases in B.C. since the pandemic began: 48,027. Of the new cases, the breakdown is as follows:
- Vancouver Coastal Health: 97 new cases
- Fraser Health: 332 new cases
- Island Health: 9 new cases
- Interior Health: 49 new cases
- Northern Health: 31 new cases
Active cases: 9,137 (previously 9,481)
Hospitalized cases: 348 (previously 357)
Intensive care: 80 (previously 84)
41 new deaths (total 796)
Recovered: 36,952 (previously 36,094)
1,400,609 individuals have been tested as of Dec 23, 2020,
(was 1,393,231 individuals have been tested as of Dec 22, 2020)
Suspected Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children or MIS-C: 16
One child under 5 has tested positive for MIS-C and COVID-19; that child is fully recovered

Common symptoms with COVID19 include fever/chills, persistent cough, loss of smell, and difficulty breathing. If symptoms appear call your health-care provider or 811 right away for further guidance. You can also check your symptoms online.

Watch today’s video, which also includes modelling. The highlights include that we are flattening this curve but it’s absolutely critical to maintain current measures, schools are not a common source of infection (most transmissions are among the adults at the schools, not the students), those between the ages of 20-39 are more likely to get COVID-19, and those over 70 are more likely to have severe symptoms and/or die.