Provincial Health Officials gave an update today regarding Covid-19 case counts.
There are 217 new cases of Covid-19 including two epidemiologically linked, bringing the provincial total to 13,588. Currently there are 2,322 active cases in the province, 5,101 people are also being monitored under public health. We have seen a total of 10,954 people recover fully from Covid-19.
There are 84 people in hospital and 27 of those are in intensive care. Since the beginning of the pandemic Northern Health has seen a total of 383 cases. In the Interior Health Region there has been 717 cases for an increase of 24 since yesterday.
As of today Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has put into place an order limiting gatherings in private homes to no more than your immediate household, plus six others. This is province-wide and will apply to all homes for all occasions. Henry also says the expectation that everyone going to indoor public spaces will be wearing masks.
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