Friday COVID review provides a number of positives and a reminder on measures to keep BC's progress moving forward

For the most part, today's review of the COVID 19 situation was a stream of fairly positive themes, a case total for the day that is barely into the double digits, no new deaths to report, no health care facilities of concern  and no active community outbreak reports to flag as the week came to an end.

The details of the look at today's notes from Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix.

“Today, we are announcing 13 new cases, for a total of 2,947 cases in British Columbia. Six cases previously reported have removed from the total, as they were identified as residents of another province and will be reported in their home province. This change is consistent with regular protocol.  

There are 162 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 2,608 people who tested positive have recovered. 

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

There has not been much change found from the case counts either, with slight increases found mostly in the health authorities for the larger population centres, towards those numbers 995 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 1,553 in the Fraser Health region, 132 in the Island Health region, 202 in the Interior Health region and 65 in the Northern Health region, the Northern Health numbers consistent now for a number of weeks. 

 “There have been no new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 177 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 and the outbreak at Langley Lodge has been declared over. In total, three long-term care or assisted-living facilities and one acute-care facility have active outbreaks. “While cases continue to occur in B.C., there are no active community outbreaks."

Some reinforcement on the themes of travel in the province made for part of today's overview, with Doctor Henry and Minister Dix providing reminders on the measures in place through the summer.

“Following our rules for safe social interactions by keeping a safe physical distance from others, wearing a mask when maintaining distance is a challenge, keeping on top of hand hygiene and always staying home if you are sick will help protect all of us. 

Whether you live in B.C., are a visitor from another province or are in Canada for essential travel, we all have to do our part to protect our communities, our Elders and our loved ones. 

Anyone in British Columbia who develops symptoms of COVID-19, whether a resident or not, needs to isolate immediately and call 811 to arrange to get tested. 

We remind anyone coming to British Columbia from outside of Canada that federal quarantine orders require you to complete a self-isolation plan and self-isolate for 14 days prior to interacting with others."

The full report from Friday 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

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