COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths falling in Interior

Interior Health is seeing decreases of COVID-19 cases.

The weekly report from the B.C. Centre Disease Control stated that there were 96 cases of the virus confirmed in the Interior between Sept. 4 and 10.

Those numbers were down from 114 the week before.

The report stated there were 17 hospital admissions in the Interior, including one in intensive care, and five deaths linked to the virus in the most recent week.

Those figures were down from the 32 hospitalizations, including six ICU admissions, and eight deaths in the Interior the previous week.

B.C., as a whole, recorded 574 new cases of the virus; 142 hospital admissions, including 31 new ICU patients; and 16 deaths linked to COVID-19 between Sept. 4 and 10.

Those are down from the 617 cases, 180 hospitalizations and 36 deaths recorded the week prior.

However, ICU admissions did rise compared to the 26 across the province between Aug. 28 and Sept. 3.

To date, there have been 383,628 cases of the virus confirmed in B.C., including 68,278 in the Interior.

A total of 4,216 British Columbians have died due to COVID-19, with 622 of those deaths coming from the Interior.

As of time of publication, the BCCDC had not released information relating to new cases in specific health areas, including Vernon.