There are now 3,008 cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in B.C. after health officials announced 18 new cases Wednesday.
Provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry reports that there have been 1,018 cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), 1,589 in Fraser Health, 133 on Vancouver Island, 203 in Interior Health and 65 in Northern Health since the start of the pandemic.
There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks and the outbreak at Tabor Home has been declared over. In total, two long-term care or assisted-living facilities and one acute-care facility have active outbreaks.
While there are no active community outbreaks in B.C., new cases and community exposure events continue to occur in the community.
There have been three new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 186 deaths in British Columbia.
There are currently 17 people in acute care in hospital and three are in intensive care.
There are 162 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 2,660 people who tested positive have recovered.
“If you have been at a location with a community exposure event, monitor yourself for symptoms, limit your contact with others and contact 811 to arrange for testing if any symptoms develop," said Henry.
“Contact tracing to contain the spread of COVID-19 requires all of our involvement to be successful.
“Public alerts and the temporary closure of businesses are some of the ways public heath teams are working to effectively manage COVID-19 in our communities.
Yesterday, Vancouver Coastal Health notified people who visited the No5 Orange about a possible exposure to COVID-19 during the evening of Wednesday, July 1.
In a release, VCH states that an individual who tested positive for COVID-19 visited the club - located at 205 Main Street - on that date. However, there is no known risk to anyone who attended the No5 Orange outside that date. In addition, there is no ongoing risk to the community.
“What each of us can do to support contact tracing activities is to complete our own personal risk assessment when deciding where to go and who to see," Henry added.
“Fewer faces, bigger spaces is the safest approach, because we know crowded, closed spaces where people may be in close contact with each other are higher-risk environments for all of us and need to be avoided at this time.
“As we have seen in many other locations around the world, one slip can quickly cause a surge in new cases. We have also seen here in B.C. that our foundational rules for safe social interactions help to protect all of us.
“This summer, we can travel within our province, we can enjoy many activities and we can spend time with friends and family. And we can do this safely by all of us doing our part to keep our curve flat.”
