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By Aaron Schulze

COVID-19

Kamloops sees 100 plus increase in weekly COVID-19 cases, province changes map presentation

Jan 5, 2022 | 5:17 PM

KAMLOOPS — The B.C. Centre for Disease Control’s (BCCDC) map breaking down COVID-19 cases per local health area (LHA) has adjusted its presentation as the Omicron variant is now the dominant strain in the province.

Previously, the BCCDC map would highlight different shades of colour for every five cases on an average daily rate per 100,000 population by LHA, with greater than 20 as the highest. Now, it has a different shade for every 15 cases, with the highest being greater than 60 per 100,000 population.

The Kamloops LHA saw more than 100 new weekly COVID-19 cases between Dec. 26, 2021, and Jan. 1, 2022, and is at an average daily rate of 15.1 to 30 per 100,000 population.

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

• Kamloops – 261 (up by 109 from last week)
• Cariboo/Chilcotin – 46 (up by 14)
• North Thompson – six (down by six)
• 100 Mile House – 14 (up by nine)
• South Cariboo – five (up by one)
• Lillooet – seven (up by seven)
• Merritt – 10 (up by seven)
• Vernon – 181 (up by 103)
• Armstrong-Spallumcheen – 22 (up by 12)
• Enderby – six (down by seven)
• Salmon Arm – 88 (up by 27)
• Revelstoke – 257 (up by 115)
• Central Okanagan (Kelowna) – 625 (up by 358)
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