Sunday, June 21, 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

Commons Likely To Sit Again To Pass Economic Response To Covid-19, Trudeau Says

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Parliament will likely sit again to pass emergency measures for the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic.    

Commons Likely To Sit Again To Pass Economic Response To Covid-19, Trudeau Says

Quebec Warns No Emergency Shelters For Spring Flooding Amid Covid-19 Outbreak

MONTREAL - Quebec's public security minister is warning that due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the province will not be able to open emergency shelters in the event of spring flooding.    

Quebec Warns No Emergency Shelters For Spring Flooding Amid Covid-19 Outbreak

COVID-19 Pandemic Brings Out The Best In Many Canadian Communities

On a weekend when many Canadians were getting themselves ready to weather the COVID-19 pandemic, Jennifer Teufel-Shatilla was figuring out how to help others do so.    

COVID-19 Pandemic Brings Out The Best In Many Canadian Communities

Military Looking To Boost Ability To Respond To More Natural Disasters: Vance

Military Looking To Boost Ability To Respond To More Natural Disasters: Vance
OTTAWA - Gen. Jonathan Vance says the Canadian military will take a hard look at how to respond to the skyrocketing number of requests for assistance with climate-related emergencies.    

Military Looking To Boost Ability To Respond To More Natural Disasters: Vance

First Person: Getting Home From Poland, In Covid-19 Lockdown

First Person: Getting Home From Poland, In Covid-19 Lockdown
POZNAN, Poland - When my wife and I left Canada on March 3 destined for her ailing mother's hospital bedside, we never imagined that we would face the prospect of being in Europe and watching country after country go into various forms of lockdown — or that we would be directly affected by it.    

First Person: Getting Home From Poland, In Covid-19 Lockdown

Alan Kurdi's Aunt Has Mixed Feelings After Sentencing In His Case

Alan Kurdi's Aunt Has Mixed Feelings After Sentencing In His Case
VANCOUVER - The aunt of three-year-old Alan Kurdi says she has mixed feelings after three people were sentenced in the human smuggling case that resulted in the deaths of her nephew, his brother and mother as they fled Syria in 2015.    

Alan Kurdi's Aunt Has Mixed Feelings After Sentencing In His Case