Between Jan. 31 and Feb. 6 there was only one confirmed case of COVID-19 on the Sunshine Coast, the lowest case count in almost a month.
The last time the Sunshine Coast saw only one positive case was the week starting Jan. 3, according to data published by the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC).
In their latest update to the community, the Sunshine Coast COVID Physician Task Force welcomed the news: “While positive cases are still being detected, we are currently seeing less than one positive case per day over the past week, which is great progress!”
The task force has also requested that people avoid carpooling and gathering with extended family heading into the long weekend.
In her media appearance on Feb. 11, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry also announced some good news – hospitalizations are down in B.C. by 40 per cent compared to the end of 2020.
Vaccines still remain scarce, however, with 2,090 new doses given in the past day and 1,368 of them being the recipients’ required second doses.
“To date, 159,887 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in B.C., 15,684 of which are second doses,” said a Feb. 11 joint statement by Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix.
On Feb. 12, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said despite ongoing production and delivery delays, the four million doses promised by Pfizer-BioNTech will be supplied to Canada by the end of March.
The Sunshine Coat along with the rest of the province will be heading into Phase 2 of the four-phase immunization program once supply allows, said the task force, with people who are at least 80 years old and living at home eligible, as well as Indigenous elders who are older than 65.
A vaccine information line has also been set up for the Sunshine Coast. People with questions about plans for the community can call the Sunshine Coast COVID Vaccine Info Line at 604-885-8714.
– with files from Glen Korstrom / Glacier Syndicated and Tyler Orton / BIV
