Prince Rupert reports rise to 8 new cases of COVID in weekly Local Health Data release today

Local Health Authority Data on COVID from the BC CDC
the results above for the week of August 22 to 28
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Prince Rupert has recorded the most new case reports of COVID 19 since the week of April 4-10, with today's release from the BC CDC noting of 8 cases for the city, that's up from One case which was listed last week.

The Prince Rupert results coming as the march of the Delta Variant is raising new case counts across the province of British Columbia.

What should not be forgotten in the data review now however, is  that the current circumstances across the Northwest are very much quite different than those found in the Spring. 

With a strong vaccination program having taken place from March through to July, a program which has surely meant that the current level of just 8 on the week, while of note, is not quite the thing of concern as was found in April 4 to 10  when the case counts were in the upper 20's. 

Nor those from the start of the year when COVID and the ever rising count of new cases dominated the conversation week after week.

Still, the rise particularly the further east one travels, is a signal that much work remains to be done to try to wrestle the coronavirus off the items of note that are relayed on a daily basis these days.

The results for the remainder of the Northwest also show increases in a number of communities, with the exception of Haida Gwaii which did not report any new cases this week.

The Listings for the Week of August 22 to 28 can be reviewed below:

Nechako -- 56
Terrace -- 19
Smithers --  17
Kitimat -- 9
Nisga'a Region -- 4
Snow Country-Stikine-Telegraph Creek -- 3
Burns Lake -- 2
Upper Skeena -- 2 
Bella Coola Valley -- 1
Haida Gwaii -- 0

Today's provincial report advised of 785 new cases on the day province wide, there are currently 5,873 active cases of COVID in British Columbia.

Of the active cases, 199 individuals are in hospital and 112 are listed in Intensive Care.

Northern Health lists 94 new cases on the day, with 483 active cases.

The Northern Health Hospitalization notes show 17 in hospital, with 13 currently in Critical Care

BC CDC Totals for September 1st for Northern Health
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BC CDC Totals for September for the entire province
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The full report for September 1st can be reviewed here.

On Tuesday, Doctor Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix outlined the path of travel of COVID through August, with the coronavirus one now that is mostly being recorded by those who have not been vaccinated as of yet.

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That entire modelling slideshow presentation can be reviewed here.

To find out where a vaccination clinic is taking place in your community, see this link from Northern Health.

You can review the past information statements on COVID and other notes from our archive page here.