Weekly COVID-19 cases in the Tri-Cities dipped for the first time in the last month, falling to 411 new infections.
That’s a 20% drop from the previous week's record high of 514 cases, when the Tri-Cities recorded the second-highest number of new COVID-19 cases of any local health area in the province.
The dip also comes as COVID-19 cases across the province have declined and then plateaued in recent days, down from an April 8 high of 1,293 cases to 862 cases Wednesday — the lowest number of daily cases so far this month.
Hospitalizations B.C., meanwhile hit another record high of 483 people Wednesday as serious health comes lag behind the identification of new cases.
That doesn’t mean transmission of the virus has stopped — far from it, in fact.
Over two dozen schools in the Tri-Cities have been flagged for exposures and multiple businesses have been shut in the region after clusters of cases were identified among workers.
Meanwhile, staff and residents at the Dufferin long-term care home in Coquitlam is still battling an outbreak of COVID-19. As of Tuesday, 10 residents had tested positive for the virus, according to the home’s parent company.
