“Today, we are announcing 124 new cases, including one epi-linked case since we reported on Thursday, for a total of 5,496 cases in British Columbia.
There are 974 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, 2,796 people who are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases, and 4,310 people who tested positive have recovered.
Currently, 23 individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19, seven of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation."
Across the Province, Health Authorities updated their total numbers as follows:
1,791 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 2,878 in the Fraser Health region, 174 in the Island Health region, 433 in the Interior Health region, 142 cases in total have been recorded in the Northern Health region, a jump of five since Thursday.
78 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded among people who reside outside of Canada.
There were thankfully, no new death announcements to make today, with the total number of passings to date from COVID at 204.
As a reminder for British Columbians on the need to continue to take heed of the provincial measures designed to bring down the curve, the provincial health officials provided some notes to take into the weekend.
“COVID-19 requires new ways of living our lives with new precautions and routines for ourselves and our families, whether at home, work, school or when spending time with others. This includes keeping our numbers of contacts low, especially at indoor parties and events, whether in a hall or in our own home. We have seen transmission from even small events, and the last thing we want to do is pass COVID-19 to those we are closest to.
This weekend, let’s remember to use the layers of protection that keep ourselves and those around us safe. This is also a good time to think about the new routines that will be part of our activities into the fall.
“The efforts we make today make the difference for all of us tomorrow, so let’s renew our commitment to doing what we can to keep our province and ourselves safe.”
Earlier today, we took note of the data from the CDC and how it provided a snapshot of the path of the virus in the Northwest and Haida Gwaii, with the results ranging from the large numbers of the Haida Gwaii outbreak of earlier this month, which has now been declared over - to the Case count of zero for the Prince Rupert area and the Nass Valley.
Our notes on that data can be reviewed here.
You can review the full COVID 19 report for Friday 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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