B.C. Covid update: no new deaths

Jul 3, 2020 | 4:27 PM

The number of new Covid-19 cases in British Columbia remain low going in to the weekend.

A news release from the province Friday afternoon reported 13 new infections with one of those in Interior Health (202 total).

There are now 162 active cases in the province with 19 individuals hospitalized, two in intensive care.

There have been no new Covid-related deaths since Thursday (total at 177).

The provincial case total is at 2,947.

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Six cases previously reported were removed from the total, as they were identified as residents of another province and will be reported in their home province.

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks and the outbreak at Langley Lodge has been declared over. In total, three long-term care or assisted-living facilities and one acute-care facility have active outbreaks.

There are no active community outbreaks.

Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 995 cases in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 1,553 in the Fraser Health region, 132 in the Island Health region, 202 in the Interior Health region and 65 in the Northern Health region.

by Pete McIntyre

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