Final case count review before holiday delivers total of 119 new cases as we head to Thanksgiving

When British Columbians next hear from Doctor Bonnie Henry on the topic of the COVID-19 situation in the province, they will have put behind one of the most family focused holidays of the year. 

And once we've put aside the Turkey, potatoes, stuffing and pumpkin pies,  we suspect that the Tuesday report on COVID will provide for some eye opening numbers as part of the break from reporting of the weekend.

So today's report of 119 new cases and 1,406 active cases may be the calm before a storm when it comes to the provincial COVID review.

From her report of today, Doctor Henry relayed the following notes:

“Today, we are announcing 119 new cases, including four epi-linked case, for a total of 10,185 cases in British Columbia. 

There are 1,406 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, 3,180 people who are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and 8,502 people who tested positive have recovered. 

Currently, 68 individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19, 19 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation. 

 “There have been no new COVID-19 related deaths, 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 to date report from Health Authorities North and South, East and West show the following:  3,728 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 5,253 in the Fraser Health region, 225 in the Island Health region, 559 in the Interior Health region, 331 in the Northern Health region, an increase of one from Thursday.

 

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

Towards the holiday ahead, which officials suggest should be a low key affair within your safe circle of friends or family, Dr. Henry provided a few thoughts for the weekend.

“Let’s do all we can to protect ourselves and our loved ones from COVID-19 by ensuring we always use our layers of protection this long weekend. 

The care we show each other today will help protect all of us tomorrow, so let’s make this Thanksgiving about safe connections and safe celebrations. 

We offer our thanks and gratitude to everyone throughout the province and in particular, our front-line essential workers, for doing so much to keep our communities safe and strong.”

You can review the 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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