469 new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 6 deaths

Between 400 and 500 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in B.C. every day this month, and today, Feb. 10, was no exception with 469 cases reported in the last 24 hours. Forty-six of those were in the Interior Health region.

“The risks from COVID-19 remain high for all of us, especially with the variants of concern, which is why staying in our local community and avoiding any unnecessary travel is so important right now,” states a joint release issued today by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix

It encourages people to stay home over the coming Family Day long weekend and provides a link to a website promoting 200 safe things to do instead of going out and socializing.

Of the new cases, 243 were in the Fraser Health region, 100 in Vancouver Coastal, 25 on Vancouver Island and 53 in the Northern Health region.

There were six more deaths, bringing the provincial total to 1,269.

There are 4,305 active cases in B.C. with 230 people in hospital, 66 of whom are in intensive care.

The province has now administered 157,797 doses of vaccine, 14,316 of which were second doses.


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Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics