62 new cases of COVID in B.C.

B.C.’s top health officials are reporting another 62 new cases of COVID-19 in the province, including another four in the Interior Health region.

“Today, we are announcing 62 new cases, including two epi-linked case since we reported on Tuesday, for a total of 5,304 cases in British Columbia,” a joint statement from Heath Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said.

Figures show there are 896 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 2,730 people who are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases.

“Currently, 21 individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19, seven of whom are in intensive care.”

The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation.

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The number of known cases by region since the start of the pandemic are:

• 1,699 cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
• 2,795 in the Fraser Health
• 170 in the Island Health
• 429 in the Interior Health
• 133 in the Northern Health
• 78 cases of people who reside outside of Canada

“There have been no new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 203 deaths in British Columbia,” the statement said.

While there have been no new health-care facility outbreaks, there are currently outbreaks in 10 long-term care or assisted-living facilities and two acute-care facilities.

Dix and Henry also acknowledged parental anxiety as the school year approaches.

“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,” the statement said. “This has not been an easy task.”