For the first time in over two months, the number of new COVID cases on Vancouver Island dipped down to single digits on Wednesday. They rose to 21 again Thursday and there are more cases in North Vancouver Island than a week ago, but the overall trend across the Island has been downward for more than a month.
Overall trend is downward
There were 153 active cases on Vancouver Island yesterday, which is less than a third of the 508 reported on April 9th.
There were only three schools listed on Island Health’s school exposure page, but one of them is École des Deux Mondes in Campbell River. The school has published a warning of possible exposures on May 4th and 5th. Island Health notified staff and students that may have been exposed need to self-isolate for 14 days.
Local Health Areas in North Vancouver island
The BC Centre for Disease Control released the most recent data for the Greater Campbell Health Area Wednesday evening. The number of active cases in the epi-week of May 2-8 was 6. That is five less than the previous week.
However there was a similar increase in the Comox Valley, where the number of active cases rose from 7 to 13.
There have been two cases in Powell River during both weeks and none in Vancouver Island North or West.
Links of Interest:
- (Cortes Currents) COVID updates
- Island Health’s COVID-19 dashboard
- (BCCDC) BC COVID Data
- British Columbia COVID-19 data
Top photo credit: École des Deux Mondes in Campbell River – courtesy Google Maps
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