Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C. s Provincial Health Officer. / Flickr/Province of B.C.
The curve is trending in the right direction, but B.C. s COVID-19 death toll remains concerning for health officials.
Today (Jan. 18), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported 31 people that died from the virus since Friday (Jan. 15), four of which were in the north, rising the regional death toll to 52 since the pandemic began last year.
Across B.C., 1,078 people have succumbed to COVID-19 and there have been 61,447 infections since January 2020 after 1,330 more positive tests came forward over the weekend.
Northern Health recorded 166 new cases for a new regional total of 2,911 since March last year.
Several other schools in Terrace have had COVID-19 exposures. The first exposure took place between Nov. 23 and Nov. 26 at Centennial Christian School. The second exposure was at Suwilaawks Community School between Nov. 27 and Nov. 30. The third exposure happened between Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at Uplands Elementary School. The fourth exposure Caledonia Secondary School’s second took place Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and Dec. 2, according to a letter on the the Coast Mountains School District 82 website. There have been numerous school exposures elsewhere in the Northern Health Authority. The Northern Health website outlines how the public health authority responds to school exposures. Public health officials perform contact tracing to determine who came into close contact with the infected person. Close contacts are then advised to self-isolate for 14 days.
Health officials are reporting more COVID-19 exposure at two Terrace schools.
The latest notice is for Skeena Middle School, which had an exposure December 4 and 7th.
Northern Health is reporting another COVID-19 exposure at Caledonia Secondary School in Terrace.
Officials say exposure to the virus took place November 30 and from December 1st to the second.
The notification comes a day after the report of an exposure at the high school that took place between December first and second.