No new cases of COVID-19 in NH, 11 new cases in B.C.

There is now a total of 2,756 test positive cases in B.C., 172 of those are active cases.

No new deaths were reported. To-date there are 11 people in hospital and five are in critical care.

Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry announced one new health-care outbreak in the Fraser Health region, bringing the total to five outbreaks in the health-care system. 579 people have been affected by COVID-19 in the health-care system with 357 of those being residents and 222 being staff.

Health Minister, Adrian Dix spoke about PPE in today’s update mentioning that the province has to prepare for the possible resurgence of the virus, and that means stocking up on PPE. Dix mentioning that the province is preparing for the possibility of a second wave.

“This is not forever, but it is for now.”—Dr. Bonnie Henry, Provincial Health Officer

Once again Dr. Henry re-iterated that the province is taking a gradual approach to re-opening and that while restrictions have been loosened many will remain in place for close-contact areas and crowds, in order to continue to contain COVID-19.

2,416 people have recovered from COVID-19 in B.C.

Photo Courtesy Province of British Columbia Flickr.

by Veronica Beltran

No new cases of COVID-19 in NH, 11 new cases in B.C.

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