Coronavirus outbreak: B.C. confirms 55 new COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths in past 24 hours

Chief provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and health minister Adrian Dix provided an update Thursday on the province's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Henry said there were 55 new cases of COVID-19 in the province and six people have died in the last 24 hours bringing the death toll to 31.

Henry said 641 people have recovered from COVID-19 and are out of isolation.

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[lisay]

Are those 55 all healthy care workers and long term care center residents? How many healthy workers died in BC. How many covid-19 infected died at home so far? if the number died at home were not accounted in your report, you are not saving the majority people in our communities. We don't want to guess everyday, we want know the truth!

[blueishsippingreengoosh]

People are still gathering in large groups.

[pastie]

31:00 Great question. Dr? Henry should have started that process months ago. Just reacts to everything. No real leadership or proactive measures are ever taken. She should be ashamed.

[freehuman]

Get a little tough and make people stay home

[homomorphic]

There were at least 3, 000 infections in B.C. 3 weeks ago. This is how you can determine this in the absence of adequate testing:

It takes about 3 weeks from the time of infection to the time of death. So, the current deaths represent the state 3 weeks ago, and we know the mortality rate is about 1%, therefore you multiply the current deaths by 100 then you have the number of infections as of 3 weeks ago. Next, to bring that forward we know that with a R0 = 3 that the number of infections doubles every 6 days which means as of today the actual number of infections in B.C. is 24, 000.

[orion]

BRILLIANT IDEA !!!
If you don't have enough tests, why don't we divide all working people in to mandatory 3 groups, one group works 5 days, second group isolates for 5 days, third isolates for 10 days, then you revolve this around repeating it. After 5 days first group isolates for 10 days and second works 5 days etc. etc. Anybody showing symptoms gets isolated for 10 additional days. This way you only risk 33.3% of people not whole 100% of them. You could even do that in hospitals, you don't need everybody there everyday anyway. I would even make those people that work those 5 days, have to do shopping only on those days, later they have to isolate for 10 days. If we implemented that from day one, all would have been over by now, no tests needed at all. Furthermore, I would make employer pay 33.33% of wages, government would pitch in another 33.3% of employee wage, and employee will pitch in by not collecting 33.3% of what they would normally get pay, no harm done they only work 5 days then take 10 days off, every 15 day cycle. This should be implemented globally right now. Punch line is only 33.3% of people at any given time would interact with each other that work and do shopping, rest 66.6% would be in mandatory isolation. Spread of Covid-19 would be reduced by more then 66.6%, that would buy us time to fight back.
DR. Deena Hinshaw, do little experiment on us. =)
PROBLEM SOLVED !!!

[evakozikowska]

How many people were diagnosed with cancer, how many children were diagnosed with cancer, and how many people died of cancer today? This is not making sense!!!

[gettingoffthecouchnow]

Population density will be the reason that Canada will not see the same rate of infection like NewYork, not your negligent governments policies who will take credit for it.
NewYork has a population density of about 27, 000 people per square kilometre while Vancouver has a population density of about 5, 400 people per sq km. A square kilometre is about 8 city blocks by 8 city blocks. Imagine adding another 22, 000 people every 8 square blocks.

[shawnlund]

It is always significantly more challenging to plan and prepare for an emergency while you’re in the middle of an emergency.

[CateEales]

Please no jazz at the beginning. Silence is good. Music-on-hold-music is bad.

[dexterm]

Henry is so mamby pamby, come on Henry, .... grow a backbone and enforce the idiots that are not following the orders

[ricksanchez]

What’s with the 15 minute long elevator music

[gfp]

Around 37:00, Dr. Henry: "we are looking forward to sharing our modelling again next week"

Please don't! The last one was a disaster.

[fransund]

Yes, what about testing ?
Why don t we have access to testing?

[pastie]

Dr? Henry really out here saying that not changing your mask all day is safer for the patients, the nurses and conserves supplies.
One of these things is not like the others, Two of these things are quite insane.
I thought this was a tragedy not a comedy?

[garym]

Dr Henry deserves the order of Canada.

disagree? Please do her job.

classy, compassionate, transparent, honest, graceful, polite but firm. Canadian, gentle, emotional, honest. human.

I don't work in public health nor do I know her. deep admiration for her

[DChappelle]

@ 10:00 I was waiting for Dr. Henry to come out in a top hat with a cane while doing a little dance across the stage before giving the update.

"Times are tough and serious. That doesn't mean we can't still put on a bit of a show for all the people isolating in their homes"

[ontheedge]

Where on Vancouver Island are these 72 ?!?

Please release that information it’s important for us all to know !

[JK-xzmj]

47:06 we knew it was a problem but uh... yea only now do we know how to fix it... oh Dr. Henry you are too honest and covered up badly

[sinkutwireless]

Fire the person that does the editing, really 14 mins of nothing and music that makes you want to poke your eye out??? Lets just have the fact plan and simple PLEASE!!!