COVID-19 cases, and Dr. Bonnie Henry is concerned about the spike in numbers.During a media briefing on Thursday afternoon, the provincial health officer was asked about the growing number of COVID-19 cases in B.C.’s Southern Interior.The region ranks fourth of five in B.C.
in terms of population, with around 800,000 residents, and Thursday’s data from the B.C. Centre of Disease Control shows that Interior Health has 948 active cases.
B.C. reports 536 new COVID-19 cases and 7 deaths, as U.K., South African variants detected For perspective, Vancouver Coastal, which has around 1.25 million residents, has 904 active cases.