Northern Health Region adds 36 cases, geographic distribution of COVID-19 map

VICTORIA, B.C. – The Northern Health Region added 36 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, dropping the active case count to 304.

There are 27 people in hospital, 13 of whom are in Critical Care.

The region had no COVID-19 related deaths Wednesday, keeping the total at 111.

There have been 5,307 confirmed cases in the region, and 4,886 have recovered.

Northern Health administered 2,095 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday. A total of 16,618 doses have been administered in the region since the beginning of the vaccine rollout.

The province added 498 new cases Wednesday, dropping the active case count to 4,851.

There are 281 people in hospital, 83 of those are in Critical Care.

There were four COVID-19 related deaths recorded Wednesday, bringing the total to 1,411.

There have been 89,427 confirmed cases since last spring, and 83,083 have recovered.

The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control released the geographic distribution map for the week of March 7th to 13th.

Peace River North added 27 cases, while Peace River South added 26 cases.

Northern Health announced 15,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will be delivered in the next few days to begin vaccinating workers in high risk locations like industrial work settings.

LNG Canada, Coastal GasLink, Trans Mountain Pipeline, Site C, and Rio Tinto Alcan are prioritized workforces, while additional industrial settings will be targeted in the coming weeks.

“Vaccination of workers in high-risk industrial settings has been one of the key parts of BC’s vaccination strategy and was planned to start as additional vaccines were approved and become available. This will not impact the completion of Phase 2 immunizations, and the move to Phase 3 and 4 immunizations across the North,” says Northern Health.

Fort St. John clinics are still focusing on Phase 2 immunizations until March 26th.