Only slight changes to the BC CDC COVID report map for Northwest BC for latest reporting period

BC CDC Community Covid Case data for week
of September 25-October 1
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The Northwest continues  to feature single digit reports on COVID cases, with this week reductions from one week ago.

This week's report from the BC CDC for the period of September 25-October 1  has seen an increase to five regions reporting cases for the period of review.

Those include Terrace, Prince Rupert and Kitimat, Bella Coola Valley and Snow Countrty-Stikine-Telegraph Creek.

Prince George tops the reports for the North for the review period at 26.

The full review across the region for the week of September 25-October 1 from the BC CDC looks as follows:

Terrace --  1 case

Prince Rupert -- 2 cases

Kitimat -- 2 cases

Terrace --  1 case

Snow Country-Stikine-Telegraph Creek --  1 case

Bella Coola Valley -- 1 case

Haida Gwaii --  0 cases

Smithers --  0 cases

Nechako -- 0 cases

Burns Lake --   0 cases

Nisga'a Region --  0 cases

Central Coast --   0 cases

Upper Skeena --  0 cases

The Provincial Data Review shows much the same data as it has for the majority of the summer. 

697 New Cases , with 369  hospitalized, 29 in Critical Care  and 19 new deaths from COVID reported.

The number or critical care on the week and those who have passed away make for an increase in totals as that from last week's review.

The total number of deaths in BC since the start of the coronavirus is 4,321 to date.

There have been 385,599  cases of COVID recorded in the province since the arrival of the pandemic

As of September 1st the Province had distributed 14,154,014 first, second or booster shots of the COVID Vaccine, Northwest residents can now able to book their appointments for the current booster campaign.

Thursday's provincial report lists  41 new cases of COVID for the Northern Health region for the reporting week, an increase of six from last weeks report.

That makes for a total of 31,077 cases recorded since the start of the pandemic.

For the Northern Health Region, 18 patients are listed as in hospital, with  1 noted as in Critical Care, the Northern Health region recorded 0 deaths in this last week.

The Northern Health total of deaths attributed to COVID is listed as 380 since the start of the pandemic.

The  breakdown of hospitalizations by community in the Northern Health region is not included in the data release information.

COVID review for October 6
British Columbia results

COVID review for October 6
Northern Health results

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.