After a delay, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control has released its latest weekly map with numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in communities.
According to the map, which covered the period Jan. 3 to 9, Prince George had 108 cases and the Prince George health area registered an average daily rate of 10-15 cases per 100,000 people.
Meanwhile, the Peace River North region added 47, averaging about 15 to 20 cases a day per 100,000 residents.
In Terrace, 44 cases identified for an average daily rate of twenty cases or more for every 100,000.
In the Cariboo- Chilcotin area 31 cases were found which saw an average daily rate of 15 to 20 cases.
Over in 100 Mile House, 29 people tested positive last week; the area saw an average rate of over 20 cases per 100,000 people.
Nechako and Burns Lake saw 20 infections each, the average daily rate continues to be twenty or more.
A total of 22 cases were reported in Kitimat and Upper Skeena and 18 were reported in Fort Nelson and Peace River South while four cases were listed in Quesnel.
The B.C. Liberals last week called on government to increase public reporting of COVID-19 data, including daily updates on vaccinations delivered and administered in each health authority, as well as detailed daily case breakdowns for schools, long-term care homes and assisted living facilities.
Meanwhile, the province announced there will be a short-term delay in the delivery of some of the Pfizer vaccines to B.C. in the coming weeks as the company upgrades its production facility.
The government says it’s working closely with the federal government to determine how it might impact the immunization rollout in the immediate term.
- with files from Sandra Gyarmati, Delta Optimist
