new coronavirus cases Friday, as the province gears up for the B.C. Day long weekend.The province confirmed 50 new cases of the virus, along with one new death at the Holy Family Hospital long-term care home in Vancouver.
Five of the cases are epi-linked. ‘Our COVID summer’: B.C.’s top doctor urges caution over B.C. Day long weekend It’s the second time in as many weeks that the number of new cases has topped 50, while the daily average has hovered around 30 in the weeks since B.C.
entered Phase 3 of its reopening plan.Much of the growth in new cases in recent weeks has been tied to an ongoing outbreak in Kelowna — linked to private parties over the Canada Day long weekend — and an outbreak at a Fraser Valley fruit packing plant.