One death, 88 new COVID-19 cases in the Interior
Interior Health’s COVID-19 death toll is now at 272 as another Interior resident passed away due to the virus on Wednesday.
The death is one of six recorded across the province, and a total of 2,192 British Columbians have now died due to COVID-19.
The Interior added 88 new cases, and there were a total of 638 active cases in the region.
Those new cases were part of 430 recorded across the province, and B.C.’s active case count was 4,373.
The province notes that due to a data error, the hospitalization numbers could not be provided before time of publication. The Ministry of Health did note the problem would be resolved and up-to-date figures would be available Thursday.
The Ministry of Health noted that, as of Wednesday, 90.1 per cent of British Columbians age 12 and over had received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 85.5 per cent had received two jabs.
A new health-care facility outbreak was announced in the Fraser Health area Wednesday, while two others in that jurisdiction were declared over. As of Nov. 3, there were 40 active outbreaks in B.C., seven of which are located in the Interior.
- Cottonwoods Care Centre long-term care in Kelowna: 55 resident and 15 staff cases, 17 deaths
- Village by the Station long-term care in Penticton: 27 resident and 14 staff cases, three deaths
- Haven Hill Care Centre long-term care in Penticton: 10 resident and two staff cases, one death
- Deni House long-term care in Williams Lake: 10 resident and two staff cases, three deaths
- Sun Pointe Village long-term care in kelowna: six resident and three staff cases
- Brocklehurst Gemstone long-term care in Kamloops: one resident and one staff case
- Royal Inland Hospital unit 5S in Kamloops: 17 patient and two staff cases