After somewhat of a spike in reported cases on Wednesday, today's COVID-19 update from Doctor Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix noted a return to single digits for the number of new cases reported in British Columbia.
“Today, we are announcing eight new COVID-19 confirmed positive cases, for a total of 2,783 cases in British Columbia. There are 190 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 2,425 people who tested positive have recovered.
Of the total COVID-19 cases, 10 individuals are hospitalized, five of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation."
950 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 1,441 in the Fraser Health region, 130 in the Island Health region, 197 in the Interior Health region and 65 in the Northern Health region, that number has been a consistent return for Northern Health for two weeks now.
The provincial health officials also relayed the welcome news of no new passings to report from the coronavirus.
“There have been no new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 168 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic."
Dr. Henry and Minister Dix made note of one of the eight cases reported today, that from an Independent School in the Fraser Valley, highlighting the measures in place for such reports to try to limit community spread.
“Of the new cases announced today, one adult has been linked to a small, independent school in the Fraser Health region. Public health teams are actively investigating, close contacts have been notified and as a precautionary measure, the school has ceased in-class learning for the balance of the year.
As the new health-care outbreaks demonstrate, COVID-19 can quickly spread, often undetected, resulting in multiple cases in multiple locations.
While public health teams are working hard to contain further spread, this is a challenge that we will continue to face for the foreseeable future until we are able to fully stop COVID-19 in our province.
What we can do to reduce the risk for everyone is to maintain our vigilance to even mild illness and always, without question, stay home from work or school and stay away from others if you are feeling ill."
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.
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