Island Health is seeing a slight resurgence of COVID-19 cases after several days of nearly no new cases. (flickr/Gov't of B.C.)

By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

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Island Health sees rising COVID-19 cases for second day in a row

Jun 9, 2021 | 4:10 PM

NANAIMO — The number of new cases being found in Island Health is rising after hitting a recent low.

The health authority confirmed 13 new cases on Wednesday, June 9, building off the nine confirmed the day before. This after Island Health saw only one or two new cases for much of last week.

Seven of the new cases were in southern Vancouver Island with five in the north and only one in the central Island area.

The number of active cases remains unchanged at eight in the central Island area. There are 41 active cases currently in Island Health.

There is a data discrepancy between Island Health and the province, based on the timing of COVID-19 results. NanaimoNewsNOW reports local verified data from Island Health.

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Across B.C., a further 148 new cases were confirmed, mostly in the Vancouver Coastal, Fraser and Interior health authorities.

Island Health is the second least affected health authority.

The number of active cases in B.C. dropped to 1,975 with 195 people in hospital and 47 patients receiving intensive care.

Three new COVID-19 related fatalities were confirmed.

B.C. is inching closer to administering 4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, with nearly 3.5 million doses confirmed on Wednesday.

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