Increases for Terrace, Kitimat declines for Prince Rupert, Smithers; latest COVID-19 weekly data release for communities of Northwest

Local Health Authority COVID review by region 
for November 28--December 4

The upward creep of COVID-19 is back for the Terrace region which this week sees an increase of seven from their data of one week ago, with the Terrace area atop the data release for the Northwest with 56 cases to report this week.

Prince Rupert saw some slight improvement from the week before with a count of 8 COVId-19 cases  for the week of November 28-December 4, down two from last week.

In other centres, Smithers saw a decline in the week-to-week numbers, while Kitimat saw a slight increase.

The full review across the region for the week of November 28-December 4 from the BC CDC looks as follows:

Terrace -- 56 cases

Kitimat --  19 cases

Smithers -- 12 cases

Upper Skeena --  12 cases
Prince Rupert -- 8 cases
Burns Lake -- 8 cases

Haida Gwaii -- 3 cases
Nechako -- 2 cases
Snow Country-Stikine- Telegraph Creek -- 2 cases

Nisga'a Region --  N/A

Central Coast -- N/A

Bella Coola Valley --  N/A

Wednesday's provincial report lists  49 new cases of COVID for Northern Health,  with 276 Active cases.

Charts for British Columbia as a whole and for 
the Northern Health Region from the BC CDC for December 8
(click to enlarge) 

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.