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B.C. Covid update Monday: 2,211 new cases, 45 deaths
B.C. is reporting 2,211 new cases of Covid-19 over the last four days, or a daily average of 552. Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, also reported 45 new deaths since the last update on Thur...
Jan 04, 2021
Petition to keep B.C. schools closed collects thousands of names
An online campaign to have the winter break extended at B.C. schools has surpassed its original goal.A petition to keep schools closed for another two weeks due to concerns about rising COVID-19 cases...
Jan 03, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak at Vernon care home
Interior Health has declared an outbreak at Heritage Square in Vernon. Four staff members and six residents have tested positive for COVID-19. All individuals in close contact with these individuals a...
Dec 27, 2020
First case of COVID-19 variant in B.C.
Health officials are reporting the first confirmed case of a person in British Columbia infected with the COVID-19 variant first identified in the United Kingdom:"The individual, who resides in the Is...
Dec 27, 2020
B.C. reports 518 new COVID-19 cases, 19 new deaths
British Columbia health officials say restriction measures are starting to reduce COVID-19 transmission rates, with 518 new cases reported today in B.C (Dec. 23). That includes 49 cases in Interior He...
Dec 23, 2020
B.C.'s COVID-19 case count dips to 444; active cases down by 237
B.C. has seen its lowest daily COVID-19 case count in weeks. According to Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, there were 444 new cases of the virus Tuesday (Dec. 22), including 78 cases within...
Dec 22, 2020
Seven more COVID-19 deaths in Interior Health, 1,667 new B.C. cases
Seven people died in Interior Health (IH) from COVID-19 over the weekend, part of 41 new deaths in B.C., most of them in long-term care homes. The seven deaths in IH raises the total to 15, while prov...
Dec 21, 2020
B.C. reports 11 more COVID-19 deaths and 624 new cases
New cases and deaths were down in Friday's B.C. COVID-19 update. Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, announced 624 new cases (down from 673 on Thursday) fo...
Dec 18, 2020
More COVID-19 cases linked to Big White
Sixteen more COVID-19 cases are now linked to a cluster at Big White Resort near Kelowna.The total number of cases identified to date is 76.Interior Health (IH) said, of the cases, 44 reside on Big Wh...
Dec 18, 2020
UPDATE First day issues with B.C. Recovery Benefit applications
UPDATE 11 a.m. British Columbians have started applying for the B.C. Recovery Benefit today -- but there's already been problems with the site crashing. The province says it appears to be due to a ser...
Dec 18, 2020
