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New COVID-19 cases in B.C. remaining stable, 12 more deaths
B.C. health officials have announced 465 new cases of COVID-19, with 61 cases in Interior Health (IH). That's just slightly more than the daily average in B.C. over this past weekend of 443 cases per ...
Jan 19, 2021
B.C. COVID update Thursday: 536 new cases, first case of South African variant
B.C. is reporting 536 new cases of COVID-19, with 115 of those in Interior Health, along with seven more deaths. Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, said there are now four confirmed cases of...
Jan 14, 2021
New data portal launched
The Regional District of Central Okanagan's Economic Development Commission (COEDC) has announced the launch of COEDC Regional Community Data Portal: CityViz. The user-friendly data portal makes infor...
Jan 14, 2021
B.C. COVID-19 update Monday: death toll surpasses 1,000
British Columbia is reporting 1,475 new COVID-19 cases since Friday, along with 22 more deaths. The latest fatalities push the overall total in the province over one-thousand to 1,010. Health Minister...
Jan 11, 2021
COVID-19 death toll takes significant jump in B.C.
The number of COVID-19 related deaths shot up by 18 on Friday in British Columbia.That raises the provincial death toll to 988.Another 617 new cases were announced with 81 in Interior Health.There are...
Jan 08, 2021
B.C. COVID-19 orders extended until Feb. 5
The current provincial health orders (PHO) on gatherings and events in B.C. have been extended to Feb. 5, 2021. "This means that the same requirements that we have had, including restrictions on socia...
Jan 07, 2021
Increase in Greater Vernon COVID-19 cases
Greater Vernon saw an uptick of COVID-19 cases last week. The B.C. Centre for Disease Control said there were 76 cases in Vernon, Coldstream and RDNO areas B and C from Dec. 27 to Jan. 2, up from 48 t...
Jan 07, 2021
Increase in B.C. Covid cases, 8 more deaths
B.C.'s COVID-19 case count is on the rise again.Provincial health officials announced 625 new cases on Wednesday (Jan. 6) for a total of 55,254.That comes after 428 cases on Tuesday and a daily averag...
Jan 06, 2021
Church issued COVID-related violation ticket
A representative of a Kelowna church has been issued a fine for violating B.C.'s public health orders. RCMP first responded to a report of people gathering at a place of worship, said to be the Harves...
Jan 06, 2021
B.C. COVID-19 update Tuesday: cases down, another death in IH
The number of new Covid-19 cases is down a bit today in B.C., with 428. That's down from the daily average over the New Year's weekend of 552. There has also been eight new deaths, including one in In...
Jan 05, 2021
