New COVID-19 cases in Burnaby fell during the last reporting period, but remain well above the 200-case mark for a fifth consecutive week, according to the latest data from the BC Centre for Disease Control.
In an update posted to the BCCDC website, Burnaby saw 210 new infections between March 14 and 20 – down from the 246 new coronavirus cases from March 7 to 13, but up from 203 new cases from Feb. 28 to March 6. That’s also down from 270 new coronavirus cases from Feb. 21 to 27 and the 243 cases from Feb. 14 to 20.
And it’s above the 197 new coronavirus cases from Feb. 7 to 13, which was a dramatic spike from the period of Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, in which Burnaby had 121 new coronavirus cases. From Jan. 24 to 30, Burnaby had 124 new coronavirus cases. Those two weeks were both down from Jan. 17 to 23, when Burnaby had 155 new coronavirus cases.
The most cases Burnaby has seen in one week was 341 from Dec. 6-12.
New B.C. government data on the COVID-19 pandemic has good news and bad news.
While the province vaccinated a record 25,126 doses to a record 25,114 people (with 12 people getting needed second doses), the number of people actively battling COVID-19 infections has risen to 5,573 – the highest tally since January 8.
The total number of vaccinated British Columbians has grown to 495,454, and will almost certainly pass the half-million threshold tomorrow. Health officials have administered 582,634 doses of vaccine, including second doses to an additional 87,180 people.
The vaccination effort will be helped by 1,400 laid-off tourism and hospitality workers who would be doing non-clinical work, Premier John Horgan told media March 24.
Health officials detected 716 new infections between Tuesday and Wednesday. This is only the fourth time this year that the province's daily tally of new cases has exceeded 700.
- With additional reporting by Glen Korstrom, Glacier Media
