Tuesday, June 9, 2026
ADVT 
National

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in BC

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 22 Jan, 2021 01:13 AM
  • The latest numbers on COVID-19 in BC

There are 731,450 confirmed cases in Canada.

_ Canada: 731,450 confirmed cases (67,099 active, 645,729 resolved, 18,622 deaths).The total case count includes 13 confirmed cases among repatriated travellers.

There were 5,955 new cases Thursday from 102,162 completed tests, for a positivity rate of 5.8 per cent. The rate of active cases is 178.51 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 42,555 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 6,079.

There were 160 new reported deaths Thursday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 1,040 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 149. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.4 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 49.54 per 100,000 people.

There have been 16,895,320 tests completed.

British Columbia: 62,976 confirmed cases (5,847 active, 56,010 resolved, 1,119 deaths).

There were 564 new cases Thursday from 4,334 completed tests, for a positivity rate of 13 per cent. The rate of active cases is 115.3 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 3,368 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 481.

There were 15 new reported deaths Thursday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 81 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 12. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.23 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 22.07 per 100,000 people.

There have been 1,040,843 tests completed.

MORE National ARTICLES

Money to help communities adapt to COVID-19

Money to help communities adapt to COVID-19
The federal government is offering $31 million to help communities find ways to adapt to the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Money to help communities adapt to COVID-19

More needed to protect politicians: McKenna

More needed to protect politicians: McKenna
Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says new measures must be taken to protect Canadian politicians from threatening behaviour.

More needed to protect politicians: McKenna

Abbotsford Police are on the hunt for Lorne Joseph Guilbault.

Abbotsford Police are on the hunt for Lorne Joseph Guilbault.
Abbotsford Police are seeking public assistance to locate a man wanted on several outstanding arrest warrants.

Abbotsford Police are on the hunt for Lorne Joseph Guilbault.

Feds plan to outsource gun buyback program

Feds plan to outsource gun buyback program
The federal government is turning to the private sector to design and run a massive buyback of newly prohibited firearms.

Feds plan to outsource gun buyback program

Officer faces questions over shooting warrants

Officer faces questions over shooting warrants
A senior RCMP officer in Nova Scotia who obtained search warrants for the investigation into the mass shooting in April was grilled in court today about why most of those documents remain heavily redacted.

Officer faces questions over shooting warrants

WATCH: Schools in BC open September 10th, NASA discovers dwarf planet, and Canucks vs Blues

WATCH:  Schools in BC open September 10th,  NASA discovers dwarf planet, and Canucks vs Blues
Ministry of Education announces schools in BC set to re-open on September 10th and not 8th, NASA discovers a new celestial body, Canucks are in the playoffs. 

WATCH: Schools in BC open September 10th, NASA discovers dwarf planet, and Canucks vs Blues