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By James Peters

COVID-19

Kamloops COVID-19 case count dropped to 22 last week: BCCDC

May 26, 2021 | 4:44 PM

KAMLOOPS — The latest COVID-19 data from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) shows a marked decrease in new cases in Kamloops last week.

The Local Health Area (LHA) map updated on the BCCDC website shows 22 new cases of the virus in the Kamloops area for the week of May 16 to 22. That is down from 32 cases the previous week.

There was little movement in other areas around Kamloops, with the exception of Kelowna, which saw a second consecutive week with a significant increase, gaining 224 cases.

Here are the totals for areas surrounding Kamloops between May 9 to 16, 2021:

• Cariboo/Chilcotin – 8 (up by 3 from last week)
• North Thompson – 1 (unchanged)
• 100 Mile House – 0 (down by 4)
• South Cariboo – 0 (unchanged)
• Lillooet – 2 (up by 2)
• Merritt – 3 (up by 1)
• Vernon – 16 (down by 3)
• Armstrong-Spallumcheen – 2 (down by 1)
• Enderby – 1 (up by 1)
• Salmon Arm — 6 (up by 2)
• Revelstoke – 0 unchanged)
• Central Okanagan-Kelowna — 224 (up by 39)

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