Provincial health officer Dr. Henry, who's recently put in place travel restrictions for the Christmas holiday. (flickr/Gov't of B.C.)

By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

covid-19 update

COVID-19 takes its toll with 16 new fatalities across B.C.

Dec 8, 2020 | 4:26 PM

NANAIMO — B.C. has once again hit the record for most lives lost in one day due to COVID-19.

The BC CDC confirmed an additional 16 fatalities on Tuesday, Dec. 8, tied for the most fatal day so far in B.C. during the pandemic.

Data throughout the pandemic shows fatalities lag behind new confirmed cases by roughly one month. This means the record high number of cases seen in mid and late November aren’t yet reflected in the number of lives lost each day and higher number of deaths are likely on the horizon.

The news wasn’t all bad from the province which confirmed 566 new cases on Tuesday, amounting to the lowest number of new COVID diagnosis across B.C. since Nov. 17.

Most of the cases are found in the Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health authorities.

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Within Island Health, 11 new cases were detected. Island Health remains the least affected health authority in B.C.

There’s currently 207 active out of 735 total cases in Island Health.

Roughly half of the active COVID cases within Island Health are in the central island region.

Nine people are in Island hospitals with four receiving intensive care due to the virus.

Seven people have died due to COVID-19 within the health authority.

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