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What you need to know about COVID-19 in B.C. for Jan. 11 (SPH)

Students are pictured during a break at Earl Marriott Secondary School in Surrey, British Columbia on Monday, January 4, 2021. (Photo credit: CBC News)
Students are pictured during a break at Earl Marriott Secondary School in Surrey, British Columbia on Monday, January 4, 2021. (Photo credit: CBC News)

B.C.s death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 1,000 over the weekend

THE LATEST:

  • B.C. health officials have confirmed 1,475 new cases of COVID-19 in the province over the last three days
  • The provincial death toll from the virus reached 1,010, as 22 more deaths were recorded.
  • There are 358 people in B.C. hospitals, including 72 in intensive care. 
  • There are 5,220 active cases in the province.
  • As of Monday, 59,902 people had received a COVID-19 vaccine dose in B.C.
  • On Monday, Interior Health declared an outbreak in the community of Canim Lake. 
  • An outbreak at St. Paul’s Hospital has spread to three units in its heart centre.

A COVID-19 outbreak at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver has spread to three units.

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