115 new cases of COVID recorded in BC, along with calls to follow Thanksgiving guidance as Thanksgiving nears

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Wednesday's COVID report from BC's Top Public Health Official Doctor Bonnie Henry, took note of a jump upwards in confirmed case reports in the province over the last 24 hours, though the level of active cases for the most part mirrored that which was found yesterday.

“Today, we are announcing 115 new cases, including five epi-linked cases, for a total of 9,956 cases in British Columbia. “There are 1,387 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, 3,042 people who are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and 8,296 people who tested positive have recovered. 

Currently, 72 individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19, 15 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation." 

Thankfully, there were no COVID related deaths to report on Wednesday.

Across the province, the Health Authority totals to date are as follows: 3,644 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 5,119 in the Fraser Health region, 222 in the Island Health region, 557 in the Interior Health region, 325 cases recorded in the Northern Health region an increase of one from Tuesday. 

89 cases of COVID have been recorded in people who reside outside of Canada.

With the uptick in case counts for the day and Thanksgiving Weekend just ahead, Dr. Henry reinforced the  calls towards doing what we can to continue to work towards reducing the COVID curve heading further into Fall.

“As we come up to Thanksgiving this weekend, it’s important to remember while many things have changed and we have faced many challenges, we still have much to be thankful for. 

Let’s show our gratitude by doing a small kindness for a friend, neighbour or family member. Reaching out virtually or by phone, helping with a small task or a sending a care package tells people in your life and community that you care. 

We’re all in this together, and we have come this far by supporting each other while staying apart."

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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