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President & CEO and Chief MHO Joint Update

SENT TO ALL STAFF, MEDICAL STAFF, STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS ON BEHALF OF KATHY MACNEIL, PRESIDENT & CEO, AND DR. RICHARDSTANWICK, VP & Chief Medical Health Officer

APRIL 26, 2021

Covid-19在周末在不列颠哥伦比亚省夺走了17人，其中包括他70多岁的中央岛地区的男子。这标志着35thperson to die from this virus in Island Health. Our thoughts are with his family, loved ones, community and caregivers.

We are also saddened to learn today that a long-time nurse in Fraser Health died earlier this month from COVID complications after a months-long battle with the virus. We know that our nurses, and all members of the Island Health family, share in the grief felt by their colleagues at Peace Arch Hospital, and we offer our condolences.

4月26日至1日

当我们反思这一大流行的悲剧和损失时，我们也希望希望源于我们社区采取的行动，以通过这一大流行。目前有265例COVID-19中的活跃病例在Island Health中，从不到3周前的504例病例下降beplay全站App。生殖率（即每种确认感染导致的新病例的数量）已降至1以下，至0.72。这意味着传输的链条被打破了，这证明了我们的接触跟踪和案例管理团队。

This trend shows the majority of people in our health region are following public health directions. The number of community acquired cases (unknown source) has also dropped to 14% – having once been as high as 20%. The heightened call to reduce non-essential travel is also having a positive affect – only 2% of new cases in our region in the past seven days are related to travel in BC.

We continue to see high occupancy in our hospitals. This, combined with staffing challenges, has resulted in the difficult decision to postpone some procedures. These are clinical decisions, made on a day-by-day, and case-by-case basis. Last spring, when we faced many unknowns about this pandemic, we reduced all of our surgical procedures to urgent and emergent only. In this latest wave of COVID, we have been able to provide critically needed health services, while managing our staffing needs by optimizing surgical day care and reducing the strain on inpatient procedures. We recognize that even if a procedure is defined as “elective,” to the patient needing it, it is anything but. We want to assure you that postponing any procedure is only done as a last resort.

压力和希望的结合是我们将在接下来的几周中继续进行的。必须通过仔细遵循公共卫生指导，直到有更多的人被免疫，我们必须继续团结起来并朝着正确的方向发展。请待在家里并隔离如果您生病了，将社交互动降至最低，将它们保持在户外，仔细遵守PPE要求，并避免所有非必需的旅行。我们到达那里，但我们还没有到达那里。

“年轻升职”谢谢你

This year, 150 enthusiastic youth participated in our Step Up Youth volunteer program. Unable to come on-site, they met virtually in small groups to learn about health care and find creative ways to contribute. As a final project one group developed a short video of thanks to all Island Health staff and medical staff. We invite you to听他们说什么.

免疫更新

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Administration of second doses is getting underway for staff, physicians and residents in many of our long-term care facilities. Island Health has secured enough Moderna vaccine to provide these booster shots, and we anticipate a boost in our Pfizer supply beginning in May – when the weekly shipment in BC is expected to rise to 276,000 doses.

PROVINCIAL UPDATE (Saturday-Today)

  • 2,491 people have newly-confirmed COVID-19, for a total of 126,249
  • 17 new deaths, for a total of 1,571 COVID-19 related deaths in B.C.
  • 8,199 people with active COVID-19 in B.C. – 484 in hospital – 158 in ICU/HAU
  • See BC’s vaccine stats on the BCCDCCOVID-19 dashboard

ISLAND HEALTH UPDATE (Saturday-Today):

  • 84 (21 Today, 29 Sun, 34 Sat) people have newly-confirmed COVID-19, for a total of 4,517
    • 49 South Island, 26 Central Island, 9 North Island
  • 1 new death, for a total of 35 COVID-19 related deaths in Island Health
  • 265 people with active COVID-19 in Island Health – 23 in hospital – 4 in ICU/HAU
  • 3 outbreaks in Island Health facilities (ClickActive在“爆发”下以获取更多信息）
  • See our公共仪表板

Read updates from PHODr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix:

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