Thursday COVID report notes of 47 new cases in BC, 2 of them listed in Northern Health Region

 

In their Thursday update, Doctor Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix reported on 47 new cases of COVID 19, including one epi-linked case, today making for a total of 3,881 cases in British Columbia

Of the count for today, they also noted that there are currently 371 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 3,315 people who tested positive have recovered. 

11 individuals have  been hospitalized with COVID-19, five of whom are in intensive care. 

The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation. 

For the breakdown by Health Authority they noted that 1,143 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 2,045 in the Fraser Health region, 146 in the Island Health region, 385 in the Interior Health region, 93 in the Northern Health region an increase of two from Wednesday's listings. 

69 cases of people who reside outside of Canada also have the coronavirus. 

Today's release of information also outlined that there area no new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 195 deaths in British Columbia.

With each day providing for a continuations of the ongoing increase of case reports, both public officials looked to how residents of the province have handled the COVID situation in the past and how that can guide us towards the future. 

 “British Columbians have shown that they know the precautions to take to keep themselves, their children and families safe. 

When faced with setbacks, we regroup, come together, learn and adapt our approach. We keep moving forward with the full resources and support of public health teams throughout this province. 

When new cases emerge, no matter where they may be, public health teams immediately mobilize to identify the source of transmission, notify contacts and contain the spread. 

It can be tempting to shut our doors and turn our backs on each other, but rather this is the time to show kindness and compassion, to be there for each other during these challenging days. 

If someone you know is self-isolating or from a community where there are a number of cases, this is the time to offer support and help them get the services and care they may need.

Let’s continue to play safe and stay safe this summer, supporting each other with compassion and understanding. As we look to the fall, let’s use the fortitude and resilience that everyone in B.C. has shown to continue to move forward safely.”

For the full statement from Thursday see the report 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.