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New cases of COVID-19 were identified between January 22nd and 28th.
There is more promising COVID-19 news from the Okanagan.
The latest data from Health Service Delivery Area was released Friday by the BC Center for Disease Control, showing that 152 new COVID-19 cases were identified in the Okanagan between January 22nd and 28th, up from 173 the week before. In early December there were 371 new cases in the region in one week.
The latest figures assume a weekly infection rate of 38.9 cases per 100,000 people in the region and continue the downward trend of new cases across the Okanagan in recent weeks.
The weekly infection rate across the province was around 64 infections per 100,000 people over the same period.
The Thompson-Cariboo-Shuswap area has had severe cases in recent weeks, mostly centered around a cluster in and around Williams Lake. While the number of new cases in the region is still high with 307 new cases between January 22 and 28, this number is a slight improvement over the 336 new cases between January 15 and 21.
Last week, the Thompson Cariboo Shuswap had a weekly infection rate of 129.9 new cases per 100,000 people.
New cases also remain high in the East Kootenay Health area, where 61 new cases were identified last week, representing an infection rate of 71.9 new cases per 100,000. This region is also dealing with a number of cases in the Fernie region, with 91 people testing positive this month.
There is some moderately good news from the north of the province, where cases have been increasing recently. In the north-west, north-east and north-interior regions, new cases have decreased compared to the previous week, but they remain high.
New cases have remained relatively stable in most of the lower mainland compared to the previous week, with the exception of the North Shore – Coast Garibalidi region, where cases in Whistler rose sharply last week. With 392 new cases in this region, there was a weekly infection rate of 137.8 new infections per 100,000 people.
More detailed data from the Local Health Area will be released on Wednesdays by the BC CDC.
