An increase in cases of COVID and a reminder to remain kind to each other the focus for the Wednesday COVID-19 report

A jump in daily case counts, holding firm on the number of passings on the day and a slight increase in the number of active cases made for the background to today's COVID 19 update from Public Health Officer Doctor Bonnie Henry

 “Today, we are announcing 125 new cases, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 9,138 cases in British Columbia. 

There are 1,284 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, 3,202 people who are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and 7,591 people who tested positive have recovered. 

Currently, 72 individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19, 21 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation."

There were no new deaths to report today, with British Columbia having seen the families and friends of 234 patients mourn those who have passed since January.  

3,340 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 4,658 in the Fraser Health region, 208 in the Island Health region, 533 in the Interior Health region, 312 in the Northern Health region, an increase of three from Tuesday

87 cases of people with COVID have been recorded in those who reside outside of Canada.

Doctor Henry noted of the strain that the long lasting effort towards COVID is taking on all British Columbians, calling on them to remain kind and generous in spirit during these current times.

“COVID-19 has required all of us to change how we work, go to school and spend time with friends and family. This has put an emotional and mental strain on everyone. 

Despite this added obstacle, people across B.C. have risen to the challenge with compassion and determination to help keep our curve where we need it to be. 

While the ongoing focus is not always easy to maintain, now is the time to keep going – to continue to support and care for each other through the efforts we make. 

Take a moment to thank the people at your local grocery store, reach out to your elderly neighbour to help with their garden cleanup or send a note to a friend that you haven’t seen for a while. A small kindness is good for us all. 

Let’s protect our communities by choosing to do our part every day. This is what will keep us strong and allow us to get through the COVID-19 pandemic.”

You can review the COVID-19 report for Wednesday 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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