British Columbia crosses over the 10,000 case threshold as Thanksgiving weekend nears

British Columbia reached a bit of a COVID milestone today, topping the 10,000 mark of reported cases of the coronavirus in the province since officials began tracking the path of the virus.

And while the accounts of 10,000 plus cases of COVID was a startling thing to see; on the day news was a bit better with the level of the last 24 hours set at 110 new case reports down from yesterday with an active case listing of 1,394 patients for the day.

Today being a Thursday, Dr. Bonnie Henry's presentation was streamed live across the province.

“Today, we are announcing 110 new cases, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 10,066 cases in British Columbia. 

There are 1,394 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, 3,139 people who are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and 8,398 people who tested positive have recovered. 

Currently, 76 individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19, 17 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 245 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic." 

Across the province, the Regional Health Authorities have outlined the following case counts since the pandemic began earlier this year: 3,693 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 5,174 in the Fraser Health region, 223 in the Island Health region, 557 in the Interior Health region, 330 in the Northern Health region an increase of five from Wednesday.

89 cases of people who reside outside of Canada.

As residents across the province begin to prepare for Thanksgiving, Dr. Henry reviewed some of the main themes that have been reinforced of late towards the provincial measures in place to take on the challenges of COVID.

“We have the tools and resources to protect ourselves and our loved ones while COVID-19 is with us this winter and fall. 

We know what to do at home, at work and in our communities each day. We also have the information we need to ensure our social connections and celebrations are safe. 

Let’s make this Thanksgiving weekend one of gratitude and kindness by staying local and connecting with each other in a way that doesn’t put those we care about at risk. 

Support your family by keeping your celebration dinner small, support your friends and neighbours by always giving them the space to stay safe, and support our public health teams by paying attention to how you are feeling and always staying home if you are feeling ill. 

What we do today and every day makes a difference, so let’s continue to all do our part.”

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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