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Terrace sees drop in new COVID-19 cases, still leads northwest B.C.

There were 63 new cases recorded from Nov. 7 to Nov. 13, down from 81 the week before
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There were 63 new COVID-19 cases recorded in the Terrace LHA between Nov. 7 to Nov. 13, 2021. (British Columbia Centre for Disease Control)

Terrace continued to lead northwest B.C. in new COVID-19 cases for the fifth week in a row, but did see a drop in new cases to 63 between Nov. 7 and Nov. 13.

Kitimat reported eight new cases, and Prince Rupert had 10, according to the latest British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) data.

Meanwhile, Smithers saw 33 new cases in its Local Health Area (LHA). There was one new case on Haida Gwaii and eight in the Nisga’a LHA. There were nine new cases in the Snow Country - Stikine - Telegraph Creek LHA.

The BCCDC figures for cases in the Nass Valley may differ from the Nisga’a Valley Health Authority’s (NVHA) statistics because of differences in the way those organizations report cases.

There were 23 new cases in the Upper Skeena LHA. Farther east, there were 40 new cases in Burns Lake, 11 in Nechako and 128 in Prince George.

In Smithers, Northern Health declared an outbreak of COVID-19 at the Bulkley Valley District Hospital (BVDH) over nearly a month after it was first declared.

Since Oct. 19, five patients and one staff member tested positive for COVID-19 and one of the patients who had tested positive died.

There have been no new cases associated with the outbreak since mid-October.

According to the BCCDC, Terrace has hit 80 per cent of eligible people fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The only LHA in Northern Health with a rate higher than the province-wide average of 86.9 per cent on Nov. 18 is Kitimat at 93 per cent.

See the Nov. 16 two-dose list below, the per cent change from the previous week is indicated by brackets:

Kitimat - 93 per cent (+2)

Haida Gwaii - 85 per cent (+1)

Nisga’a - 85 per cent (+1)

Prince Rupert - 83 per cent (+0)

Snow Country - Stikine - Telegraph Creek - 81 per cent (+1)

Terrace - 80 per cent (+1)

Upper Skeena - 77 per cent (+0)

Smithers - 73 per cent (+1)

From Nov. 9-15, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 60.8% of cases in B.C. From Nov. 2-15, they accounted for 71.9% of hospitalizations, out of approximately 13 per cent of the B.C. population who are not fully vaccinated.

-With files from Katya Slepian, Tom Fletcher and Thom Barker

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