A new COVID-19 public exposure event has been identified in Burnaby.
Fraser Health has posted about the event, which took place on Aug. 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the soccer fields at Wesburn Park, 4781 Parkwood Ave.
Other exposure events have been listed by Fraser Health, despite vaccinations being widely available to everyone.
These includes a Langley Boston Pizza on 91A Avenue (July 27 to Aug. 2) and Surrey Golf Club on July 30.
New COVID-19 infections in B.C. are raising the number of people actively battling the disease.
B.C. health officials detected 717 new COVID-19 infections from Thursday to Friday, raising hiking the number of people in the province fighting the disease to 4,277.
There have not been this many new cases detected in a day since May 7, when 722 people were diagnosed. The number of people actively battling infections is higher than it has been since May 21, when 4,507 people were actively infected.
Here is a breakdown of where the 717 new COVID-19 infections are in B.C.:
• 140 in Fraser Health (19.5%);
• 101 in Vancouver Coastal Health (14.1%);
• 376 in Interior Health (52.4%);
• 60 in Northern Health (8.4%); and
• 40 in Island Health (5.6%).
The 4,277 active infections, include:
• 821 in Fraser Health (19.2%);
• 593 in Vancouver Coastal Health (13.9%);
• 2,446 in Interior Health (57.2%);
• 163 in Northern Health (3.8%);
• 245 in Island Health (5.7%); and
• nine people who normally reside outside B.C.
The number of those hospitalized with the disease rose by one overnight, to 82, which is the largest number since July 7, when 86 people were in hospitals. Six additional people are in ICU than yesterday, for a total of 39. That number has not been higher since June 23, when 41 people were fighting for their lives in ICUs.
No one is known to have died from COVID-19 in the past day. The province has averaged one COVID-19 death per day in the past week, for a total of 1,779 since the first death was recorded in March, 2020.
- With additional reporting by Glen Korstrom, Glacier Media
