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By James Peters

COVID-19

Kamloops had 46 new COVID-19 cases last week – nearly identical to previous week

Apr 28, 2021 | 4:34 PM

KAMLOOPS — The latest breakdown of COVID-19 cases by community shows a steady rate of new cases popping up in Kamloops.

The Local Health Area (LHA) map posted by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) shows 46 new cases in the Kamloops area for the week of April 18 to 24. The total for the previous week in Kamloops was 44.

Other LHAs around Kamloops largely saw decreased spread last week, with the exception of Salmon Arm and Armstrong-Spallumcheen.

Here are the totals for areas surrounding Kamloops between April 18 and 24, 2021:

• Cariboo/Chilcotin – 1 (down by 6 from last week)
• North Thompson – 0 (unchanged)
• 100 Mile House – 1 (up by 1)
• South Cariboo – 0 (down by 2)
• Lillooet – 0 (unchanged)
• Merritt – 3 (down by 4)
• Vernon – 36 (down by 15)
• Armstrong-Spallumcheen – 8 (up by 6)
• Enderby – 1 (down by 5)
• Salmon Arm — 20 (up by 7)
• Revelstoke – 7 (down by 4)
• Central Okanagan-Kelowna — 215 (down by 27)

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