October 20, 2020
B.C. is in the midst of a second COVID-19 wave, but it’s not recording new infections at the higher rate of some other provinces, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Monday.
The province reported 499 cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, as more than 150 cases were detected each day between Friday and Monday. Three new confirmed cases were reported in the Island Health region.
“One can say that we are in our second wave here of our COVID-19 storm in B.C. But we have control over what that wave looks like,” Henry told a news conference. “Encouragingly, we in B.C. are not seeing exponential growth.”
Henry reminded people once again to minimize social interactions to avoid a steep increase, which she said is still possible.
The number of people in hospital has stabilized in recent weeks, said Henry. It includes 67 people among 1,639 active cases. There are 14 active cases in Island Health, and no COVID patients in hospital.
Two more people have died since the province’s last update, bringing the death toll to 253.
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