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Happening now: B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix, PHO Dr. Bonnie Henry and Northern Health CMO Dr. Jong Kim holding a press conference on COVID-19 in Northern B.C., where ICU cases are rising, fast. Background: cbc.ca/news/canada/br… #yxj #ydq #cityofPG
Dix: "The Northern Health is seeing a very significant [number] of cases." More than 100 new cases today, and positivity rate very high. "The vast majority of patients in Northern Health today are unvaccinated."
Dix: While some regions, such as Kitimat, have higher-than-average vaccination rates, the majority of Northern B.C. is far behind.
New measures are coming to slow transmission of COVID-19 in northern B.C.
New measures are coming to slow transmission of COVID-19 in northern B.C.
There is now a COVID-19 outbreak at Peace Villa in Fort St. John. This is the second care home outbreak in Northern B.C. Two people have already died at Rotary Manor in Dawson Creek where an outbreak is still active. #yxj #ydq 
Northern Health says it's a single staff member with no evidence of transmission, which is exactly what was said when an outbreak was declared at Rotary Manor which spread to multiple staff members and residents and has killed at least two
So this is why rising COVID case counts are worth paying attention to, not just hospitalizations. Here's what B.C.'s Peace region looked like at the end of October. In the weeks since the virus has made its way into two care homes and at least two residents have died.
