47 new cases of COVID province wide noted in Wednesday report

Wednesday's overview of COVID cases delivered yet another spike upwards in new cases, with Health Minister Adrian Dix and Dr. Bonnie Henry issuing a statement this afternoon to review the latest findings.

"Today, we are announcing 47 new cases, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 3,834 cases in British Columbia. 

There are 351 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 3,288 people who tested positive have recovered. 

Currently, nine individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19, six of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation."

Across the province, the active and past case count review noted: 1,132 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 2,015 in the Fraser Health region, 146 in the Island Health region, 384 in the Interior Health region, there are 91 confirmed cases of COVID in the Northern Health region which is the same amount as that noted on Tuesday.

66 cases of COVID have been reported from people who reside outside of Canada. 

While the numbers of new cases has gone up, the accounts of the passings of British Columbian's did not increase today.

 "There have been no new COVID-19 related deaths for a total of 195 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, three long-term care or assisted living facilities have active outbreaks. 

There are no new community outbreaks. However, there continues to be community exposure events throughout the province and on flights into and out of British Columbia. 

Alerts are posted on the BC Centre for Disease Control's and on health authorities' websites, providing details on where the potential exposure occurred and what actions you need to take – whether you need to immediately self-isolate, or monitor for symptoms." 

For the full statement from Wednesday  see the report 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.

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