82 new cases of COVID recorded for October 1, along with decline in active cases over last 24 hours

Dr. Bonnie Henry brought in October with a full information briefing today, with the province's top Public Health Official noting of a reduced case count from days before, as well as to highlight the ongoing efforts of British Columbians to held push down the recent upswing of the curve of the summer.

“Today, we are announcing 82 new cases, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 9,220 cases in British Columbia. 

There are 1,261 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, 3,093 people who are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and 7,695 people who tested positive have recovered. 

Currently, 69 individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19, 19 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation. 

There has been one new COVID-19 related death, for a total of 235 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Across British Columbia, the Regional Health Authorities have recorded the following: 3,360 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 4,712 in the Fraser Health region, 209 in the Island Health region, 535 in the Interior Health region, 317 in the Northern Health region an increase of five since Wednesday

87 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in people who reside outside of Canada. 

Towards how British Columbians have been adapting to the measures required, Dr. Henry observed a few themes, and

“As our understanding of COVID-19 has grown, so has our understanding of what safe activities we are all able to do. “Our daily lives may be quite different, but by so many people in B.C. doing their part – keeping our groups small, staying apart and staying safe – we have been able to expand those activities. 

The result is that today many businesses are fully operating, students are in school and we are able to see a small number of family and friends. 

The wall that protects these activities is made up of our layers of protection and safety basics – washing our hands, maintaining a safe physical distance from others, using a mask when that is difficult and always staying home when ill. 

We are on the right track and we want to keep that wall strong. To do that, it is important that we continue to keep our groups small, stick with our ‘safe six,’ minimize our travel and keep our safety basics top of mind. 

By supporting each other to do the right thing, by offering kindness and care to our friends and neighbours, we can protect our communities. Let’s keep going.”

You can review the COVID-19 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.

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