Increase in reported cases of COVID in BC, no deaths to report on the day and ongoing concern over a community health outbreak at a Vancouver nightclub

The provincial numbers on current COVID-19 cases saw a slight spike upwards today, with 20 new cases relayed by Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix, the numbers making for a total of 3,028 cases in British Columbia.

As of today there are 175 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 2,667 people who tested positive have recovered.

Of the total COVID-19 cases, 17 individuals are hospitalized, four of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation.

When it comes to a province wide review of the reported cases, the findings include: 982 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 1,596 in the Fraser Health region, 133 in the Island Health region, 201 in the Interior Health region and 65 in the Northern Health region, a constant number for the north for the last month. 

The two public health officials also outlined a change in how data will be reported from today on as well as to note that there were no new deaths to report today:

 “Starting today, individuals whose primary residence is outside of Canada will be reported separately. As of today, that total is 51 cases. 

There have been no new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 186 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 also addressed an ongoing concern related to a Vancouver area nightclub, which has been the subject of a pair of case reports in the last week.

"Following confirmation of a second COVID-19 case, Vancouver Coastal public health teams have expanded their alert for anyone who may have been at the No. 5 Orange nightclub on July 1, to include July 3, 4 and 7. 

If you have been at a location with a community exposure event, monitor yourself for symptoms, limit your contact with others and contact 811 to arrange for testing if any symptoms develop."


The full report for Thursday 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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