Increasing numbers ahead of Long Weekend, could be preview of post summer concerns

If the reports of COVID heading into the last long weekend of summer are any kind of prophecy, the numbers from Doctor Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix may be record breaking come Tuesday.

In the statement for Friday, British Columbia recorded a near record day for case counts with 121 new reports and sadly one additional death to relay for the final report of the week.

“Today, we are announcing 121 new cases, including five epi-linked cases, for a total of 6,162 cases in British Columbia. 

There are 1,233 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, 2,792 people who are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases, and 4,706 people who tested positive have recovered. 

Currently, 31 individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19, 12 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation. 

There has been one new COVID-19 related death, for a total of 211 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic."

For the province wide Health Authority breakdown, the results as of today are as follows:

2,077 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 3,201 in the Fraser Health region, 180 in the Island Health region, 451 in the Interior Health region, 174 in the Northern Health region, which marks an increase of seven from Thursday. 

79 cases of COVID have been recorded in people who reside outside of Canada.

While the province's two top public health officials didn't want to be the ones to put a damper on the weekend ahead that for the most part brings summer to an unofficial close; they did encourage caution and dedication to existing measures to help keep the COVID results under control

“Get outside this weekend and enjoy your time with friends and family and outdoor activities, while protecting the more vulnerable around you. 

We must maintain a very careful balance between fun and caution this long weekend and onwards to the fall. 

Remember, we have a playbook to guide our good times on weekends to keep things fun and safe, and we can’t let our end goal out of sight: keeping COVID-19 low and slow. Your actions this weekend and every day make a difference."

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, those past advisories  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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