Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry during a semi-weekly press conference about COVID-19. (flckr/Gov't of B.C.)

By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

covid-19 update

COVID-19 community exposures widen in Haida Gwaii and Kelowna, no new Island cases

Jul 24, 2020 | 4:09 PM

NANAIMO — The province is warning of an escalating community outbreak in one of B.C.’s most remote regions.

A joint statement from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and health minister Adrian Dix confirmed 27 new COVID-19 cases by Friday, July 24 at 4 p.m.

“There is one new community outbreak on Haida Gwaii, with 13 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 to date. Of the 13 people who have tested positive, one person has recovered and 12 are active cases. At this time cases are all local residents.”

The statement said some cases are from exposure to known cases and others are related residents who’d travelled from Haida Gwaii.

One additional community exposure event was pinpointed to a clothing store in Kelowna, an area which has become the epicentre of increasing COVID-19 exposures in B.C.

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The statement also confirmed one additional COVID-19-related fatality.

There are no new cases on Vancouver Island, where the total number of cases remains at 142.

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