Rising COVID-19 activity in Interior Health is “concern”

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The agency is urging against any non-essential travel. This means no unnecessary visits to the Lower Mainland or other jurisdictions with surging cases.

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IH said COVID-19 cases in schools, health-care settings, and workplaces are disruptive but not unexpected.

“These cases reflect increased COVID-19 activity in the community.”

People are asked to prevent transmission in communities by following this guidance:

• Maintaining our social connections are important for our well being. However, please keep your bubble small and limited to your household and a handful (up to six) close friends.
• When planning your holiday gathering, please avoid travel and choose to celebrate with individuals in your bubble.
• Physical distancing measures are especially challenging for young people. It is important they also keep their bubble small and, as much as possible, limit their interactions to a close group of friends from within their school cohort.
• Essential workers, such as health-care workers and teachers, play a critical role in our communities and therefore it is imperative they also keep their bubble small.
• Remember: The provincial health officer’s orders to household gatherings applies province-wide. This means no more than six people from outside your household bubble should gather in your home.

For more information about COVID-19 testing, visit https://news.interiorhealth.ca/news/testing-information/

Provincially, 525 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Tuesday, for a total of 19,239.

There are 5,133 active cases in the province, with 142 people hospitalized, 46 in intensive or critical care.

There are 9,781 people under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and 13,704 people who tested positive have recovered.

Of the new cases, 159 are in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 325 in the Fraser Health region, seven in the Island Health region, 27 in the Interior Health region, seven in the Northern Health region and no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada.

There have been three new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 284 deaths in British Columbia.

There are two new health-care facility outbreaks at Holyrood Manor and Burnaby Hospital. In total, 33 long-term care or assisted-living facilities and six acute-care facilities have active outbreaks.