Hope local health area saw three new cases of COVID-19 over the past recorded week. (Screenshot/BCCDC)

Hope area sees three new COVID cases in slight uptick

The previous week saw no new cases

  • Feb. 18, 2021 12:00 a.m.

Hope’s new COVID-19 cases continue to remain in the single digits, according to the most recent data from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.

The Hope local health area saw a slight uptick in COVID cases with three new cases from Feb. 7 to 13. This increase comes off of a week of no new cases during the first week of Feburary.

The average for 2021 so far is about five new COVID cases per week.

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There have been no new school exposure events in SD78 for about a month, and the last time a public exposure was recorded was in early November 2020.

RELATED: No new COVID cases in the Hope area: BCCDC

The BCCDC updates case numbers province-wide every Thursday.


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