Slight declines of COVID infections seen for Prince Rupert, Terrace, slight uptick for Smithers from CDC data release

Declines in case counts for the most part are the rule of the week  when it comes to the data release today from the BC CDC, with only the Smithers area and Central Coast marking for an uptick of six for each region from last week's level of COVID infections.

Though some areas of the Northwest are still high, particularly the Terrace region which is listed at 61 for the week, but down significantly from last week when the count was 88. 

Prince Rupert saw a slight  decrease over the last seven days as well , with a count of 26 cases as of October 30th, a decline of seven from the week previous

The Nass Valley has also seen a reduction in case counts from last week's high of 25.

The full review across the region for the week of October 23 to 30 looks as follows:

Terrace -- 61 cases

Smithers -- 54 cases

Burns Lake -- 33 cases
Prince Rupert -- 26 cases
Nisga'a Region --  17 cases

Nechako -- 15 cases

Upper Skeena --  13 cases
Kitimat -- 12 cases

Central Coast -- 6 cases
Snow Country-Stikine- Telegraph Creek -- 4 cases

Bella Coola Valley -- 3 cases

Haida Gwaii -- 1 case

Wednesday's provincial report lists  37 new cases of COVID for Northern Health,  with 550  Active cases.

There is no update available for hospitalizations in the North, with the BC CDC having not had an update to their Dashboard information system since October 29th.

The full report from the Province for Wednesday can be accessed here. 

The larger BC CDC Data release is available here.

Past information statements on COVID and other notes on the Northwest response can be reviewed from our archive page.

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.