COVID-19 UPDATE

Interior Health COVID-19 case total grows by nine

Jul 31, 2020 | 4:23 PM

KELOWNA — Interior Health is reporting nine new cases of COVID-19 today (July 31). The regional total is now at 369 cases.

The health authority says there have been 137 cases linked to Kelowna since June 26, marking seven more since yesterday’s report.

No new healthcare workers from Kelowna General Hospital have tested positive, and no cases are currently hospitalized.

IH notes that about 60 per cent of the Kelowna related cases are now considered recovered.

In a release, medical health officer Dr. Silvina Mema says the July long weekend was a reminder that COVID-19 is still in B.C communities, and can spread quickly if health guidelines are not followed.

“Here’s what to avoid this August long weekend: large gatherings, especially indoors, of people who don’t know each other. We are urging everyone this long weekend to keep your gatherings small; to people you know; to those in your bubble.”

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