Daily average of new COVID 19 cases - now zero
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Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - he new daily average of COVID 19 cases per 100,000 people has dropped to zero throughout most of Vancouver Island, according to the latest data from the BC Centre for Disease Control.
The exceptions are Greater Nanaimo, where the number has dropped to 2, Greater Victoria, where the rate is now 1, and the Southern Gulf Islands, where the rate is also 1 per 100,000 people.
The average daily rate of new cases per 100,000 people in Greater Campbell River, the Comox Valley and the rest of North Vancouver Island is zero.
This data is for the week of May 25th to 31st.
Another data set, also from the BC Centre of Disease Control, shows one case in the Greater Campbell River Area and 7 in the Comox Valley during the week of May 23 to 29th.
The most up to date data, released by Island Health at 4 PM on Wednesday, June 2nd states there are still 5 active cases in North Vancouver Island.
There are a total of 52 active cases on Vancouver Island, 90% of which are in South or Central Vancouver Island.
According to yesterday’s joint statement, from Dr. Bonnie Henry and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, there were two new cases on Vancouver Island.
A reporter asked whether it is time for BC to adopt a regional, rather than province wide, approach to COVID.
“I believe one of the things that has allowed us to manage this pandemic in the way we have, and to keep our overall numbers low, is a co-ordinated provincial approach. We have seen the numbers decrease as the testing capacity increases, as the public health teams are doing their work, as our businesses are opening and changing around the province in sync,” replied Dr Henry.
“I don’t feel that there is a differential risk rate right now. We are having low levels of transmission in parts of the province. We’ve had a couple of new cases in the North, a couple of new cases in the Interior, but where the population is, is where we are seeing most of it. This approach has really served us well and I think we should have a continued approach unless there is good evidence not to.”
She also reported that 3,365,286 doses of vaccine have been administered in BC and more than 71% of the population has received its first dose.