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.
Other resources
Access the BC COVID-19 dashboard for the latest case counts and information on recoveries, deaths, hospitalizations, testing and more:
- BC COVID-19 Dashboard (mobile and most browsers)
- BC COVID-19 Dashboard for Internet Explorer users
Cases by Health Service Delivery Area
Click here (Updated weekly on Thursdays)
Previous provincial updates
- 407 new BC COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths in BC, January 26, 2021
- 1,334 new BC COVID-19 cases and 26 deaths in BC, January 25, 2021
- 508 new BC COVID-19 cases and 9 deaths in BC, January 22, 2021
- 564 new BC COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths in BC, January 21, 2021
- 500 new BC COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths in BC, January 20, 2021
- 465 new BC COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths in BC, January 19, 2021
- 1,330 new BC COVID-19 cases and 31 deaths in BC, January 16-18, 2021
- 509 new BC COVID-19 cases and 9 deaths in BC, January 15, 2021
- 536 new BC COVID-19 cases and 7 deaths in BC, January 14, 2021
- 519 new BC COVID-19 cases and 34 deaths in BC, January 13, 2021