By Dylana Kneeshaw

COVID-19 UPDATE

Interior Health case count corrected, health officials report 41 new COVID-19 cases in B.C

Jul 29, 2020 | 4:11 PM

VICTORIA — B.C. health officials are reporting 41 new cases of COVID-19 in the province today (July 29), with no new deaths.

In a joint news release, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix say there are now 3,562 cases in British Columbia, including a data correction from yesterday.

Tuesday’s update stated there were 358 cases in the Interior Health region, today the province states there are 356.

Interior Health says there are no new cases today in the region, and there are currently no hospitalized cases in IH.

The health authority also states in an email: “Until now, Interior Health has defined the number of cases associated with what we called the Kelowna cluster to cases connected directly to specific events and businesses downtown in early July and over the Canada Day holiday. We now know the situation has shifted into more broad community transmission beyond these initial cases in downtown Kelowna.

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“For this reason, tomorrow IH’s Medical Health Officers will begin reporting the number of cases occurring across Kelowna, not just cases we could confirm were associated with those early July events.”

Around B.C, Dr. Henry says there are 259 active cases and 3,109 people who tested positive have recovered.

Currently, six people are hospitalized, with two people in intensive care. No new deaths were reported today, along with no new health-care facility or community outbreaks.

However, there are additional community exposure events around B.C. Yesterday an alert was sent out regarding Liquid Zoo in Kelowna. Anyone who visited the strip club between July 15 and 18 is asked to monitor for symptoms, limit contact with others, and get tested if symptoms develop.

Here is where the 3,562 cases in B.C. have been found:

• 1,071 (Vancouver Coastal)
• 1,846 (Fraser Health)
• 143 (Vancouver Island Health)
• 356 (Interior Health)
• 86 (Northern Health)
• 60 (Reside outside of Canada)

A full listing of community exposure events related to flights and others within each health authority is available through the BC Centre for Disease Control, as well as on health authority websites.