Northern Health provides gentle reminder towards safe gatherings over Labour Day weekend

Data from the BC Centre for Disease Control as of September 3rd

As British Columbia continues to realize a significant spike in the number of cases of COVID-19 in recent weeks, Northern Health has provided for a message for residents across the North ahead of this long weekend, with the Health Authority  reminding residents of Northern BC of the importance of safe and small gatherings towards the ongoing efforts on the coronavirus.

With data posted to the BC CDC website showing an increase in COVID activity over the last two weeks in BC and Northern BC, Northern Health refreshed our memories on the measures in place on Gatherings and Events. 

As well as to reinforce the need to keep groups small and maintaining such protocols as hand washing and staying home if we are not feeling well.

You can review the full statement from Northern Health here.

To date, 167 cases of COVID have been reported in the Northern Health region, with  44 cases currently considered active, thankfully there have been no deaths reported in the North related to the coronavirus.

In August the BC CDC released data that noted that the Prince Rupert area has been fortunate so far to not have any cases of COVID reported locally.

Yesterday, the Nisga'a Valley Health Authority updated its advisory on COVID, noting that there are three confirmed cases now recorded from a recent community memorial.

For a look at the latest Provincial notes on COVID see our archive page here.

More notes on health care in Northern BC can be found from our archive page.