35 new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health

There are over 7,600 active cases of the virus with 294 people hospitalized – 61 of whom are in critical care or intensive care.

Breaking down the northern numbers further, the COVID-19 death toll remains at six, 26 people are currently hospitalized – 11 of whom are in critical care. There are 181 active cases. Since the pandemic began, 713 people have contracted the virus in Northern Health and 526 have recovered.

Meantime, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry explained a data correction that skewed numbers over the past week-plus.

Henry says a recording glitch led to misreported numbers for Fraser Health:

Nov. 16 — (461 initially reported) 324 actual
Nov. 17 — (484) 343
Nov. 18 — (481) 537
Nov. 19 — (308) 417
Nov. 20 — (294) 610
Nov. 21 — (488) 634
Nov. 22 — (469) 525
Nov. 23 — (347) 432
Nov. 24 — (678) 443

That correction means B.C. did not, in fact, set a new daily case count record Tuesday. It did, however, set a new case count record on Saturday (Nov. 21) with 859.

by Greg Fry, CKPG Today/James Peters, CFJC Today

35 new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health

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