Photo Courtesy: Province of British Columbia, Flickr.

By Veronica Beltran

COVID Update

589 cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 12 in Northern Health

Nov 6, 2020 | 3:47 PM

VICTORIA—589 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., including five epi-linked cases, were reported this afternoon (Nov.6).

The provincial total now sits at 17,149 since the start of the pandemic back in March. Of today’s new cases, 12 are in the Northern Health region, totalling 450.

Cases by Health Region:

• Vancouver Coastal Health: 5,369
• Fraser Health Region: 10,109
• Island Health: 286
• Interior Health: 835
• Northern Health: 450
• Outside Canada: 90

Two new deaths were reported for a total of 275 in B.C. There are 3,741 active cases of the virus in the province. 104 people are in hospital and of those, 28 are in ICU.

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7,887 people are under active public health monitoring for being exposed to a known case of the virus. Six new health-care facility outbreaks were reported. In total there are 35 active outbreaks in the health care system. One new community outbreak was announced at the Royal Inland Hospital construction site.

“Keeping businesses open is important to all of us and we can all take confidence in knowing the vast majority of businesses are doing all they can to keep their employees and customers safe throughout the province. This has allowed us to have as much as possible open in our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.”—Joint statement by Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister, Adrian Dix

“When faced with the gathering storm clouds of increased exposures and transmission in a particular sector, we step up inspections to identify gaps and, at times, increase the safety measures that are required. Only if it is clearly demonstrated that a business or sector is unable to operate safely are businesses ordered to close,” continues the statement.

Health official are asking businesses, “particularly in the Lower Mainland” to review their COVID-19 safety plans to ensure that every step is being taken to protect everyone.

“For employees and customers, you can also do your part and help businesses to stay open by staying away if you are feeling unwell, using a mask when indoors and not asking businesses or their employees to bend the rules.”—Joint statement by Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister, Adrian Dix

The BC Centre for Disease Control has introduced a new texting service to receive COVID-19 test results, this on top of other online methods of receiving testing results.

13,035 people have recovered from COVID-19 in B.C.

“We have one COVID-19 curve in B.C., and we all have a role to play to get through this storm and push our curve back down,” ends the statement.

Photo Courtesy: Province of British Columbia, Flickr.