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By Aaron Schulze

COVID-19

Kamloops sees slight increase of weekly COVID-19 cases; larger increases in Merritt and 100 Mile House

Oct 6, 2021 | 5:13 PM

KAMLOOPS — Many local health areas (LHA) north and west of Kamloops saw an uptick in COVID-19 cases between Sept. 26 to Oct. 2.

According to the latest COVID-19 data made available by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) broken down by LHA, Kamloops had 226 new cases for the week, a slight increase of seven. It is still an average daily rate per 100,000 population greater than 20.

Cariboo/Chilcotin, 100 Mile House, Merritt and Salmon Arm saw substantial double-digit increases. However, LHAs such as Armstrong-Spallumcheen and Central Okanagan saw drastic decreases.

Here is a list of LHA totals in the Interior surrounding Kamloops:

• Kamloops – 226 (up by seven from last week)
• Cariboo/Chilcotin – 89 (up by 24)
• North Thompson – four (up by three)
• 100 Mile House – 42 (up by 23)
• South Cariboo – 12 (down by four)
• Lillooet – 10 (up by one)
• Merritt – 43 (up by 20)
• Vernon – 64 (up by eight)
• Armstrong-Spallumcheen – six (down by 16)
• Enderby – 11 (down by 19)
• Salmon Arm – 60 (up by 17)
• Revelstoke – two (down by five)
• Central Okanagan (Kelowna) – 223 (down by 55)

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