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Bus that stopped in Williams Lake listed as potential COVID-19 exposure
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The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) has listed a bus that stopped in Williams Lake as a possible COVID-19 exposure.
The BCCDC has listed an Adventure Charters bus, number unknown, that travelled from Surrey to Prince George on April 23rd.
According to the BCCDC, the bus made stops in Cache Creek and Williams Lake.
No new COVID-related deaths were reported for the region, keeping the total on that front at 140 since the pandemic took hold. Province-wide, hospitalizations declined to 503 after hitting a record 515 on Wednesday, while 178 were in intensive care, up by seven. One new COVID-19 related death was reported, for a total of 1,577 deaths in British Columbia. In a joint statement, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and health minister Adrian Dix continued to preach good practice as the vaccine rollout continues. With or without a vaccine, we all need to continue to hold steady with our individual efforts - sticking with our layers of protection, staying small and local, and following all of the orders in place, they said.
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B.C. s daily COVID-19 caseloads may be dropping, but positivity rates locally and provincially are still high.
Northern Health s seven-day moving average for a lab-confirmed detection of the virus is currently marked at 11.8 per cent, according to data from the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC).
The regional authority shares that same number with Fraser Health, per the latest rate calculation on Monday (April 26), while B.C. collectively sits at 9.4 per cent.
In comparison, Island Health is at 3.2 per cent, Vancouver Coastal Health at eight per cent, and Interior Health at 7.7 per cent.
Yesterday (April 27), the province recorded 799 new cases, one of the lowest days in recent weeks, but only 8,596 tests completed, which is roughly a nine per cent positivity rate.