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Health officials said today that testing confirmed a variant case of COVID-19 initially detected at a Maple Ridge high school had not caused spread.
Health officials: no COVID spread at Maple Ridge high school
Published 3:36 PST, Wed February 3, 2021
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Public health testing conducted at a Maple Ridge high school confirmed that there was no in-school spread of the COVID-19 variant of concern, public health officials said today.
While the original person did have the United Kingdom variant, 81 students and eight teachers were also tested and all are negative. Rapid testing of the school cohort indicated one positive case, which was later confirmed as a false positive through the subsequent, more reliable polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.
B.C. health officials also reported 414 new cases of COVID-19, including seven epidemiologically linked cases, for a total of 68,780 since the pandemic began.
Of the new cases, 108 are in the Vancouver Coastal Health region (including Richmond), 182 in the Fraser Health region, 26 in the Island Health region, 63 in the Interior Health region, 34 in the Northern Health region and one new case of a person who resides outside of Canada.
There are 4,426 active cases and 278 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 80 of whom are in intensive care. A further 7,049 people are under active public health monitoring.
To date, 142,146 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in B.C., 6,417 of which are second doses.
Sadly, there have been 16 new deaths related to the virus since yesterday, Health officials also reported a new healthcare outbreak at Burnaby Hospital, where a previous outbreak was declared over just days ago.
"Our B.C. COVID-19 pandemic response is a careful balance—protecting our communities and also keeping open as much as we can that is safe to do so,” said officials in a statement.
"It is about being able to do some things at a moderate level, instead of completely closing most places and activities, as we have seen elsewhere. A walk with a friend allows you to see each other, to have that important connection and still remain safe. This is the modified approach we want to continue.”
For the latest medical updates, including case counts, prevention, risks and to find a testing centre near you: http://www.bccdc.ca/ or follow @CDCofBC on Twitter.
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