COVID-19 cases continue to decline in Vernon, Interior

Cases of COVID-19 locally continued to decline week-over-week in the latest report from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC).

The report confirmed 10 cases of the virus in the Vernon health area between Oct. 16-22. That figure was down from the 11 cases confirmed in Greater Vernon the week prior.

Additionally, the report stated there were 112 confirmed cases in the Interior and 534 across all of B.C. in the latest reporting week. Those were also down from the 123 and 627 cases confirmed the week before.

There were a total of 29 patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in the Interior in the latest week, including six who were admitted to intensive care. In all of B.C. there were 148 COVID-positive hospital admissions, including 26 who were admitted to ICU.

Those figures were also down on a week-over-week basis, as the week before saw 36 hospitalizations in the Interior, including nine ICU patients, and 229 in all of B.C., including 32 in theICU.

There were a total of 44 deaths linked to the virus in the latest reporting week, down from 46 deaths the week before.

However, 12 of those deaths were in the Interior, marking an increase from the 10 confirmed in the health region the week prior.

To date, there have been 387,451 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in all of B.C., including 69,088 from within the Interior.

A total of 4,485 British Columbians have died due to COVID-19, 684 of whom were from the Interior.

The BCCDC’s report did not provide cumulative case totals or weekly hospitalization and death figures for individual health areas.