12 new cases of COVID recorded, advice for returning students delivered in Wednesday review

British Columbia continues to see a positive trend when it comes to those passing away from COVID related illness, with no new deaths reported for yet another day making for almost a full week of such results.

There were new cases recorded today and one outbreak recorded at a Vancouver area long term care facility, the latter areas of frequent concern over the last three months.

Doctor Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix provided for the notes for Wednesday's provincial COVID-19 overview.

“Today, we are announcing 12 new cases who have tested positive for COVID-19, for a total of 2,680 cases in British Columbia. 

There are 185 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 2,328 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the total COVID-19 cases, 12 individuals are hospitalized, four of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation."

From the cases reported to date, 911 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 1,378 in the Fraser Health region, 130 in the Island Health region, 195 in the Interior Health region and 66 in the Northern Health region, the same level as that of yesterday.

 “There have been no new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 167 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic."

With students returning to their home communities from college an university, today'd update provided for some guidance on the precautions required, particularly those returning from what could be considered high risk regions.

“Anyone coming across our border from the United States is coming from a high-risk area and needs to take full precautions to avoid inadvertently spreading the virus to your family or community in Canada. 

If you are returning from university elsewhere in Canada, it is important to monitor yourself closely for symptoms, as some other parts of Canada are also experiencing community clusters and spread. 

A COVID-19 test when you are asymptomatic is ineffective and is not your passport to increase your social circle. Following all of the rules for safe physical distancing and wearing a cloth mask when you can’t keep those distances is.

Monitor, manage and modify are going to be the keys to managing COVID-19, by keeping our communities safe and protecting the ones we care for most.”


The full COVID update for the day can be reviewed here.

The BC Centre for Disease control has some valuable Coronavirus notes related to COVID-19 you can explore that information here.

You can learn more about the outbreak from both the Province and the Federal government from the links below:

Federal Government site

British Columbia Government site

The World Health Organization website also offers up the latest advisories on the global situation.

More from  Northern Health can be reviewed here 

You can review our archive of past statements and local information here.

Local governments and organizations have also provided for increased awareness of COVID-19 issues, the string of statements that came quickly at the end of the week can be reviewed here.

For notes from across Canada and British Columbia we have been archiving the latest items through our political portal Darcy McGee

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