Prince Rupert's ongoing battle to reduce the local curve of COVID continues, with the latest data from the BC CDC showing some progress in slowing the pace of community infection.
The local health authority data report on COVID cases to the end of January was released last evening and among the listings are fifteen new reports of the coronavirus in the Prince Rupert area for the week of January 24 to 30.
Those results following last weeks update, which had noted of 38 cases of COVID in the Prince Rupert area from January 17 to 23
The Prince Rupert results come largely from the ongoing outbreaks at the Acropolis Manor Long Term Care facility which hosts the largest volume of case reports, as well as from the classrooms of School District 52 in the city.
Sadly for this community, the Acropolis outbreak has now seen ten residents of the care facility pass away as a result of the virus, while the latest report had 29 residents and 18 staff members at the long term care facility having reported positive cases of the coronavirus.
Despite the dramatic increase of the last few weeks for Prince Rupert, the community still is not atop the findings across the Northwest for the week of data review, with Terrace once again the hot zone for COVID in the Northwest with 61 cases noted from January 24-30
The BC Centre for Disease shares data on a weekly basis culled from Local Health Authority reports and while the results for Prince Rupert and Terrace are concerning, during the data collection period, other areas of the Northwest continued to show some welcome moderation from past results.
Across the remainder of the Northwest, the cases reported from January 17-23 were as follows.
Terrace -- 61
Bella Coola Valley -- 13
Nisga'a Region -- 12
Nechako -- 8
Burns Lake -- 8
Upper Skeena -- 8
Smithers --5
Kitimat -- 4
Haida Gwaii -- 4
The Central Coast and Snow Country/Stikine/Telegraph Creek areas once again had no cases of COVID reported in the period.
The most recent monthly update (as of December 31st, 2020) from the BC CDC can be reviewed here.
Other charts and information from the BC CDC can be explored here.
Cross posted from the North Coast Review
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