84 New cases of COVID reported for Friday, heading into the weekend British Columbians urged to follow measures to reduce the curve upwards

 

As British Columbia prepares to enter into another weekend, the Friday COVID statement from Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix put some focus on the need for British Columbians to be aware of the risks from large events and expanded circles.

The first notes on the Friday update were the relay of the latest cases of COVID-19 recorded in the province.

“Today, we are announcing 84 new cases, for a total of 4,358 cases in British Columbia. This includes two cases that are epidemiologically linked.  

There are 629 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 3,533 people who tested positive have recovered. “Currently, 12 individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19, four of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation. As well, 2,026 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases".

The notes from the Provincial Health Authorities provided a look at how each area of the province has fared since the start of the pandemic:

1,354 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 2,276 in the Fraser Health region, 150 in the Island Health region, 399 in the Interior Health region, there are 107 cases now recorded in the Northern Health region, which is one more from yesterday's count.  

As well there are 72 cases of people who reside outside of Canada who have contracted COVID.

There continued to be positive news when it comes towards passings from the virus with the health officials noting that: “There have been no new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 196 deaths in British Columbia. We offer our condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

There has been one new health-care facility outbreak in the Fraser Health region at Queen’s Park Care Centre. In total, seven long-term care or assisted-living facilities and two acute-care facilities have active outbreaks. “There are no new community outbreaks. However, there continue to be community exposure events around the province and on flights into and out of British Columbia." 

Both Doctor Henry and the Minister made note of the need to continue to aware of the risks and to hold strong towards returning the curve of COVID cases towards a flat line.

 “This weekend, we urge everyone to stay strong and hold the line. 

We have it within our ability to make the changes we need to bend our pandemic curve back down and continue in our B.C. restart, but it takes the combined efforts of everyone, not just a few. 

Keeping a safe distance from people you don’t know or who are not in your close group of family and friends is an important way to protect yourself from COVID-19 transmission. And always stay home and stay away from others if you have symptoms of COVID-19, however mild."

You can review the full 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, the string of statements that came quickly at the end of the week 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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Cross posted from the North Coast Review.