The steady rise in new COVID-19 cases in B.C. so far this month hit a new high on August 12 with 85 cases identified in the past 24 hours. That is more than in any other 24-hour period since April 25, when 95 new cases were identified.
The good news is that the uptick in new cases has not significantly increased the number of people in hospital or in intensive care units (ICU). There remain eight people in hospital and five people in ICU, with the remainder in self-isolation.
The province also recorded its first death of the month from the virus that has caused a global pandemic. That makes B.C.'s death toll from the disease 196.
The breakdown of COVID-19 infections by health region is:
• 1,273 in Vancouver Coastal Health (up 41);
• 2,203 in Fraser Health (up 36);
• 150 in Island Health (up two);
• 394 in Interior Health (up one);
• 104 in Northern Health (up four); and
• 72 people who reside outside Canada (up one).
There are now 3,469 people who have tested positive for the coronavirus and recovered, up 25 from yesterday.
"There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks in the region," provincial health officer Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said in a joint statement. "In total, seven long-term care or assisted-living facilities and one acute-care facility have active outbreaks."
The seven seniors' homes that have active outbreaks are:
•Holy Family Hospital in Vancouver;
•Richmond Lions Manor in Richmond;
•Dania Home in Burnaby;
•Maple Ridge Seniors Village in Maple Ridge;
•Derby Manor in Burnaby;
•George Derby Centre in Burnaby; and
•New Vista Care Home in Burnaby.
The acute care outbreak is at Joseph and Rosalie Segal Health Family Health Centre.
"There are no new community outbreaks," Henry and Dix said. "However, there continue to be community exposure events everywhere in the province and on flights into and out of B.C."
