B.C. recorded 53 new COVID-19 cases between Thursday evening and Friday morning (Aug. 7), health officials have confirmed.
In a joint statement, provincial health office Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said that three of the cases are epi-linked, which means the person did not test positive for the virus but displayed some symptoms after being in close contact with an infected person or work in a facility with a known outbreak.
The new test-positive cases bring the number of active confirmed infections to 386 across the province.
A total of 3,934 people have been diagnosed with the contagious respiratory illness, of which roughly 86 per cent have recovered.
Friday saw no new deaths, keeping the total number of lives lost from COVID-19 at 195.
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On Friday, Fraser Health announced a new health-care facility outbreak at Derby Manor in Burnaby, bringing the total number of outbreaks at long-term or assisted living facilities to five.
Heading into the weekend, Henry and Dix called on British Columbians to keep their bubbles small.
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ashley.wadhwani@bpdigital.ca
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