From their afternoon update, Doctor Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix took note of 12 new cases, including one epidemiologically (epi) linked case, for a total of 2,990 cases in British Columbia.
"‘Epi-linked’ means that public health investigations have shown that cases meet the case definition for COVID-19 but may not have been tested for a number of reasons. In future reports, new tested and epi-linked cases will be included as one number.
"There are 162 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 2,645 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the total COVID-19 cases, 16 individuals are hospitalized, four of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation."
Breaking the details down by Health District provided the daily snapshot of the COVID response in BC.
1,013 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 1,576 in the Fraser Health region, 133 in the Island Health region, 203 in the Interior Health region and 65 in the Northern Health region, the Northern health number one which has not changed since mid June.
After a weekend which offered up the sad news of three passings from the Lower Mainland, Tuesday's account held much more positive reviews.
"There have been no new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 183 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic."
A Vancouver entertainment facility was the subject of a community exposure with Dr Henry and Minister Dix making note of the need to self monitor for any symptons of COVID for those that many have been in the nightclub.
"There has been a new community exposure event at Hotel Belmont bar and nightclub in the Vancouver Coastal Health region. Public health teams have issued an alert for anyone who may have been at the premises on June 27 and June 29.
If you have been at one of these locations, monitor yourself for symptoms, limit your contact with others and contact 811 to arrange for testing if any symptoms develop."
The community outbreak served to provide a forum for a reminder from the two health officials as to the need for vigilance as you expand on a social circle or travel to new communities.
“It is important to remember that the more people you see and the more places you go, the higher the likelihood is that you’ll come into contact with someone with COVID-19.
To protect yourself, the best things you can do are to keep the number of people you see to a minimum and as much as possible, maintain a safe distance from others and use a mask when that is challenging.
Following these rules for safe social interactions also supports important contact tracing efforts, allowing public health teams to quickly identify those who may be at risk, put additional precautions in place and contain further transmission."
The full report from Tuesday is available here.
The BC Centre for Disease control has some valuable Coronavirus notes related to COVID-19 you can explore that information here.
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.
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