Progress, but still concerning levels of COVID-19 recorded in Prince Rupert region from latest data release from BC CDC

Prince Rupert still remains atop the listings with more than twice
as many case  reports of COVID as that found in Prince George this week
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Some more progress, slow as it may seem, to bringing down the level of COVID reports in the Prince Rupert area today, with new data from the BC CDC that shows another slight drop in the totals from seven days ago.

Today's report shows that Prince Rupert's totals for the week of March 28-April 3, listed at 72 reported positive cases of the coronavirus.  

A drop of eight from last week,  a period which had marked the first significant reduction in our case counts of the last six weeks.

For much of that period, Prince Rupert results have remained stubbornly high, which led to one of the factors in the decision to host the community wide vaccination clinic last month.

The last week also delivered twin areas of concern for the region, with an outbreak declared at the Prince Rupert Regional Hospital and a new outbreak reported from the Acropolis Manor Long Term Care facility.

However while the numbers may be trending in the right direction, the still high level of COVID in the community serves to reinforce the message that we need to continue to be aware of the health measures in place for the province.

Of note for the Northwest-Central Coast has been a renewed surge of cases found in the Bella Coola Valley which this week spikes to 32 cases of COVID from one week ago, Kitimat has also seen an increase from the levels of one week ago.

For the rest of the Northwest, this week provides good news of declines in case counts across the region, with slight changes to be found for communities west of Prince George.

Across the remainder of the Northwest, the cases reported from  March 28 to April 3 were as follows.

Bella Coola Valley -- 32
Kitimat -- 17 
Upper Skeena  -- 15
Terrace -- 14
Nisga'a Region -- 7
Smithers -- 6 
Nechako  -- 2

The Central Coast, Snow Country-Stikine-Telegraph and Burns Lake regions all have reported no cases this week from the data review. 

Other charts and information from the BC CDC can be explored here.

You can review the latest information from the Public Health office Doctor Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix here.