559 new BC COVID-19 cases and 1 death in BC, February 23, 2021

Dr. Bonnie Henry
Since yesterday, there have been 559 more diagnosed COVID-19 cases in B.C., and 7,881 cases are being actively monitored. With only one death in the last 24 hours, the provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the low death rate can be attributed to the execution of the vaccination plan at care homes.
Case Counts:
- Total cases in B.C. since the pandemic began: 77,882. Of the new cases, the breakdown is as follows:
- Vancouver Coastal Health: 132 new cases
- Fraser Health: 278 new cases
- Island Health: 39 new cases
- Interior Health: 43 new cases
- Northern Health: 66 new cases
- Active cases: 4,677 (previously 4,560)
- Hospitalized cases: 228 (previously 223)
- Intensive care: 69 (previously 63)
- 1 new death (total 1,3365)
- Recovered: 71,753
- To date, 287,950 (was 218,726) doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in B.C., 58,896 (was 55,057) of which are second doses.
Watch today’s announcement:

COVID-19 cases for the most recent 7-day period (Sunday to Saturday). The map is updated weekly, on Wednesdays. The image above is from Feb 7 – 13, 2021. Click to see the full map.
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
- 288 new BC COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths, 368 (down) hospitalized, and 46 (down) in ICU: March 11
- 336 new BC COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths, 388 (down) hospitalized, and 52 (down) in ICU: March 10
- 274 new BC COVID-19 cases, 14 deaths, 405 (down) hospitalized, and 58 (down) in ICU: March 9, 2022
- 254 new BC COVID-19 cases, 1 death, 419 (down) hospitalized, and 63 (same) in ICU: March 8, 2022
- 997 new BC COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths, 449 (down) hospitalized, and 63 (down) in ICU: March 5-7, 2022 (3 days)
- 340 new BC COVID-19 cases, 8 deaths, 484 (down) hospitalized, and 69 (down) in ICU: March 4, 2022
- 391 new BC COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths, 511 (down) hospitalized, and 79 (up) in ICU: March 3, 2022
- 442 new BC COVID-19 cases, 10 deaths, 517 (down) hospitalized, and 73 (down) in ICU: March 2, 2022
- 466 new BC COVID-19 cases, no deaths, 523 (down) hospitalized, and 83 (down) in ICU: March 1, 2022
- 974 new BC COVID-19 cases, 22 deaths, 549 (down) hospitalized, and 85 (down) in ICU: Feb 26-28, 2022
- 583 new BC COVID-19 cases, 12 deaths, 599 (down) hospitalized, and 96 (down) in ICU: Feb 25, 2022
- 597 new BC COVID-19 cases, 9 deaths, 612(down) hospitalized, and 102 (down) in ICU: Feb 24, 2022
- 799 new BC COVID-19 cases, 1 death, 653 (down) hospitalized, and 108 (same) in ICU: Feb 23, 2022
- 2,103 new BC COVID-19 cases, 44 deaths, 733 (down) hospitalized, and 108 (down) in ICU: Feb 19-22, 2022 (4 days)
- 692 new BC COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths, 733 (down) hospitalized, and 113 (down) in ICU: Feb 18, 2022
- 782 new BC COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths, 744 (down) hospitalized, and 120 (down) in ICU: Feb 17, 2022
- 750 new BC COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths, 762 (down) hospitalized, and 121 (down) in ICU: Feb 16, 2022
- 519 new BC COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths, 787 (down) hospitalized, and 124 (up) in ICU: Feb 15, 2022
- 2,701 new BC COVID-19 cases, 17 deaths, 803 (down) hospitalized, and 119 (down) in ICU: Feb 12-14, 2022
- 1,245 new BC COVID-19 cases, 17 deaths, 846 (down) hospitalized, and 136 (down) in ICU: Feb 11, 2022
- 1,383 new BC COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths, 867 (down) hospitalized, and 138 (down) in ICU: Feb 10, 2022
- 1,187 new BC COVID-19 cases, 18 deaths, 893 (up) hospitalized, and 143 (down) in ICU: Feb 9, 2022 (plus today’s update: VIDEO)
- 986 new BC COVID-19 cases, no deaths, 986 (down) hospitalized, and 146 (up) in ICU: Feb 8, 2022
- 3,287 new BC COVID-19 cases, 32 deaths, 987 (up) hospitalized, and 141 (up) in ICU: Feb 5-7, 2022
- 1,799 new BC COVID-19 cases, 19 deaths, 946 (down) hospitalized, and 139 (down) in ICU: Feb 4, 2022
- 1,518 new BC COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths, 985 (down) hospitalized, and 145 (up) in ICU: Feb 3, 2022
- 1,776 new BC COVID-19 cases, 19 deaths, 1,036 (up) hospitalized, and 136 (down) in ICU: Feb 2, 2022
- 1,236 new BC COVID-19 cases, 9 deaths, 1,035 (down) hospitalized, and 139 (up) in ICU: Feb 1, 2022
- 4,075 new BC COVID-19 cases, 19 deaths, 1,048 (up) hospitalized, and 138 (down) in ICU: Jan 28-31, 2022
- 2,137 new BC COVID-19 cases, 9 deaths, 990 (up) hospitalized, and 141 (same) in ICU: Jan 28, 2022