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By Veronica Beltran

COVID Update

Five new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 62 in B.C.

Aug 26, 2020 | 3:16 PM

VICTORIA–Five new cases of COVID-19 in the Northern Health region.

That’s what was announced this afternoon by Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister, Adrian Dix. Provincially there are 62 new cases, including two epi-linked cases, for a total of 5,304 cases in British Columbia.

Cases by Health Region:

• Vancouver Coastal Health: 1,699
• Fraser Health: 2,795
• Vancouver Island Health: 170
• Interior Health: 429
• Northern Health: 133
• People who reside outside of Canada: 78

There are no new deaths to COVID-19, the province remains at 203. There are 21 people in hospital, at this time, with seven in ICU. Currently, there are 896 active cases of the virus in the province, and 2,730 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases.

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No new health-care facility outbreaks were reported or community outbreaks.

“For parents in particular, there is the added challenge of navigating a new approach to in-class learning that includes a number of additional public health protocols and precautions.”–Joint Statement by Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer

“Today, the Ministry of Education provided the latest updates on back-to-school plans. These plans are the outcome of many minds coming together in every school district to take the public health guidelines that have been developed and apply them to meet the specific needs of each school district,” read the statement.

School District 57 revealed its back to school plan earlier today (Aug.26). “School will be new for everyone this year – just as how we spend time with friends and how we operate our businesses has required a different way of doing things than we have ever done before,” added the statement.

4,199 people have recovered from COVID-19 in B.C.

Photo Courtesy: Province of British Columbia, Flickr.