B.C. records 121 new COVID-19 cases Friday, just one in Interior

Sep 4, 2020 | 3:17 PM

VICTORIA — Ahead of the Labour Day long weekend, B.C. has seen another day of escalating COVID-19 case counts.

In a news release, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported 121 new cases Friday (Sept. 4), including five that were epidemiologically linked to known positives.

Only one of the new cases was recorded in Interior Health.

That brings the provincial case count to 6,162, distributed through B.C. as follows:

2,077 (Vancouver Coastal)
3,201 (Fraser Health)
180 (Island Health)
451 (Interior Health)
174 (Northern Health)
79 (Reside outside of Canada)

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There are 1,233 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C., including 31 people in hospital and 12 in intensive care.

One more person has died of the virus, bringing the provincial death toll to 211.

There are 2,792 people under active health monitoring due to exposure to people known to have COVID-19.

Of the total recorded cases, 4,706 people are considered fully recovered, or 76 per cent.

Another healthcare outbreak has been called in the Fraser Health region, at the KinVillage assisted-living facility in Delta. There are 12 outbreaks in the healthcare system.

There were no new community outbreaks Friday.

by James Peters

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B.C. records 121 new COVID-19 cases Friday, just one in Interior

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