B.C. health officials have expressed cautious optimism that the province is “bending” the curve of COVID-19 cases and credit part of the success to luck and timing.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 63 new cases of the illness on Monday, bringing the provincial total to 1,266.
Henry also noted the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has dropped by nine to 140 since the last update on Saturday.
Those numbers come at a time when provinces such as Ontario and Quebec have experienced substantial spikes in the number of COVID-19 cases. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] Henry said the province’s promising numbers stem from finding early cases of community transmission and