The final in person provincial update on COVID-19 prior to the Labour Day Weekend found Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix making note of near 90 case counts of the coronavirus over the last 24 hours; while cautioning British Columbians on the need to return to watchfulness on social circles and be aware of the risks of expanding on contacts and how it could impact on our families.
“Today, we are announcing 89 new cases, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 6,041 cases in British Columbia.
There are 1,175 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, 2,801 people who are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases, and 4,644 people who tested positive have recovered.
Currently, 34 individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19, 11 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 210 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic."
From the totals across the province, the confirmed case count to date by Health Authority look as follows:
2,012 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 3,155 in the Fraser Health region, 178 in the Island Health region, 450 in the Interior Health region, 167 in the Northern Health region, which is a jump of three from Wednesday.
70 cases of COVID have been recorded in people who reside outside of Canada.
The three totals for Northern Health perhaps part of the information released today by the Nisga'a Valley Health Authority which has confirmed three cases of COVID from a recent memorial in the community.
Both public health officials outlined some of the background to the latest modelling that was released today.
“Today, we shared the latest modelling data. The data shows us that although we have been able to find our balance – keeping essential services and businesses going, while protecting our most vulnerable, we continue to have new cases and new clusters across the province."
A look at the modelling ca be reviewed here.
As well, a look at the long term and short term future made for the final notes for today's briefing, with particular attention towards the upcoming Labour Day Weekend.
“However, as we look to the fall, now is the time to pause the activities that we know are a high risk to all of us – spending time with groups of people we don’t know without taking personal precautions. “Now is also the time to think about the number of contacts you have. There is no ‘safe’ number, but fewer people is better. If you know you have more interactions ahead – for example, if you are returning to work – then it is a good idea to reduce your time with other contacts.You can review the full COVID report for Thursday 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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