COVID-19 case counts surge in the B.C. Interior’s tourist hot spot.Concerned citizens are submitting photos to Global News showing several vessels tied together and multiple people congregating on watercraft while ignoring physical distancing guidelines.Kelowna resident Mark van Hees snapped a photo on July 4 showing nearly 20 boats, including a house boat, side-by-side near the William R.
Bennett Bridge.“A few of us saw it and referred to it as ‘COVID Island,’” he said of the party barge.“The boats are packed and everybody is partying and you’re clearly not social distancing.” Okanagan region leads B.C.