Fifteen new coronavirus cases were reported in the Okanagan during the past two weeks, according to statistics from the B.C. Centre of Disease Control.
With an average of just over one per day between Sept. 18 and Oct. 1, the Okanagan finished mid-pack, tied for seventh, among B.C.’s 16 regions.
The lowest was the Kootenay Boundary region, with just one case.
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That was followed by South Vancouver Island (3), North Vancouver Island (4), Central Vancouver Island (6), the East Kootenays (8) and Thompson-Cariboo-Shuswap (12). The Northeast region also had 15 reported cases.
Below are the rest of B.C.’s regions:
- Northwest: 23
- Richmond: 31
- Northern Interior: 37
- Fraser East: 51
- North Shore / Coast Garibaldi: 102
- Fraser North: 172
- Vancouver: 368
- Fraser South: 478
During that two-week span, there were 1,365 new cases, which pushed B.C.’s overall total since Jan. 1 to 9,220.
- Kootenay Boundary: 28
- East Kootenays: 36
- Central Vancouver Island: 61
- North Vancouver Island: 69
- South Vancouver Island: 79
- Northwest: 79
- Northern Interior: 104
- Thompson-Cariboo-Shuswap: 123
- Northeast: 134
- Richmond: 271
- Okanagan: 348
- North Shore / Coast Garibaldi: 656
- Fraser East: 919
- Fraser North: 1,322
- Vancouver: 2,315
- Fraser South: 2,460
Broken down further, in the Interior Health region, the Central Okanagan is by far the leader in reported cases at 239.
A map showing cumulative totals per micro region in B.C., as of Oct. 1, 2020.
B.C. Centre Disease Control
- Arrow Lakes: 0
- Kootenay Lake: 0
- Lillooet: 0
- North Thompson: 0
- Keremeos: 1
- Kettle Valley: 1
- Kimberley: 1
- Princeton: 1
- Trail: 1
- 100 Mile House: 2
- Armstrong/Spallumcheen: 2
- Creston: 2
- Golden: 3
- Grand Forks: 3
- Revelstoke: 3
- Castlegar: 4
- Cranbrook: 4
- Enderby: 4
- Summerland: 4
- Cariboo-Chilton: 5
- Windermere: 6
- Salmon Arm: 7
- Merritt: 7
- South Cariboo: 7
- Fernie: 8
- Penticton: 9
- Nelson: 10
- South Okanagan: 11
- Vernon: 23
- Kamloops: 60
- Central Okanagan: 239
To view the B.C. CDC’s dashboard, click here.