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| Data from the BC CDC shows that residents of Prince Rupert and area have been very effective in controlling the spread of COVID |
When it comes to taking on the challenges of COVID-19 it would appear that Prince Rupert and area residents have heeded the call from Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix to "bend the curve".
And in fact, whether it be a case of following the recommendations and good measures, or just good luck; there really hasn't been a curve to bend in Prince Rupert, with data from the BC CDC indicating that there have been no reports of COVID cases in the city from January to July.
The data was released on Thursday, with Dr. Henry and Minister Dix making note of it during their Thursday COVID briefing.
“Today, we have provided the latest local health area map of COVID-19 cases. The map will be updated each month and available on the BCCDC website. What the map tells us is that virtually every part of our province has been touched by the virus – communities large and small."
The information relayed yesterday indicates that Prince Rupert, the Nass Valley and points north have all managed to keep any opportunity for transmission of the coronavirus at bay.
Something that has been managed well under the Provincial orders from Dr. Henry the Provincial Public Health officer and without the requirement of the more draconian COVID related measures that had once been proposed by the City of Prince Rupert.
Other communities of the Northwest have also fared fairly well when compared with other areas of the province.
Terrace has recorded 6 cases, Smithers 5 and Kitimat 3, while the Bella Coola area has had 2 cases recorded in the six month period.
The recent outbreak on Haida Gwaii however has made for a very different dynamic, with the 20 cases listed to the end of July among some of the larger community spreads that have been recorded in the first half of 2020.
You can review the full package of maps and related data from the BC CDC website.
The cumulative cases report is part of the Cases by Local Health Area report.
The province plans to update those figures on a monthly basis, with the data to be made available from the BC CDC portal.
More notes of interest on COVID-19 can be found from our Archive page here, which provides for the daily reports since March on the pace of COVID-19 in the province.
As well, more background on both federal and provincial measures can be found from our twin archive from our political blog D'Arcy McGee.
For more items of interest on health themes in the Northwest see our archive pages here.
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