Monday, July 13, 2020

62 new cases of COVID-19 recorded over weekend

The three day reporting gap that a Monday brings, delivered a bit of a startling jump in the number of reported cases of COVID-19 with an average of 20 cases a day relayed by Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix at this afternoon's briefing.

“Today, we are providing case updates for three 24-hour reporting periods. In the first reporting period from July 10 to July 11, we had 21 new cases. From July 11 to July 12, we had 20 new cases and in the last 24 hours, we have had a further 21 new cases. 

 “This represents 62 new cases since we reported on Friday, for a total of 3,115 cases in British Columbia.  There are 208 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 2,718 people who tested positive have recovered. 

Of the total COVID-19 cases, 14 individuals are hospitalized, five of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation." 

When it comes to the province wide breakdown the data was distributed as follows:

1,012 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 1,643 in the Fraser Health region, 135 in the Island Health region, 209 in the Interior Health region, 65 in the Northern Health region, which continues the Northern region string of returns with no increases.

51 cases were recorded when it comes to people who reside outside of Canada.

Doctor Henry also made note of two passings over the weekend.

 “There have been two new COVID-19 related deaths in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, for a total of 189 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

 “There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. In total, two long-term care or assisted-living facilities and one acute-care facility have active outbreaks. "

The public health officials also made note of some high profile cases from the Interior Health Authority, both industrial and community related.

"There is one new isolation order and community exposure events are continuing to occur. “Interior Health has issued an isolation order for Krazy Cherry Fruit Co. in Oliver due to two positive COVID-19 cases associated with this farm. Public health teams are monitoring the situation closely and have placed restrictions on those living and working on the farm to limit the potential for further transmission. 

Interior Health has also issued alerts for community exposure events in the Kelowna downtown and waterfront area between June 25 and July 9. 

Anyone who was at the Discovery Bay Resort from July 1 to 5 and Boyce Gyro Beach Lodge on July 1 is directed to self-isolate. Anyone who was at Cactus Club on Water Street from July 3 to 6 and Pace Spin Studio on July 2, 4, 5, 7 to 9 is asked to monitor themselves and contact public health immediately to arrange to get tested should symptoms develop."


The full report from Monday is available 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

Ottawa Observations

Victoria Viewpoints


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