B.C. recorded 34 new positive tests for COVID-19 April 29, bringing the provincial total to 2,087.

Two additional single cases of the novel coronavirus were discovered at senior care homes in Surrey and Langley, making a total of 24 health facilities with outbreak protocols in place. That includes acute care units at Ridge Meadows Hospital in Maple Ridge and Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver, where infections have been detected in non-COVID-19 wards.

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Health officials say Vancouver Island residents have done an B次元官网网址榓mazingB次元官网网址� job on flattening the curve during the COVID-19 pandemic.

At a virtual town hall on COVID-19, Kathy MacNeil, Island Health CEO, said as of April 21, there were only five people with COVID-19 diagnoses across all the regionB次元官网网址檚 hospitals.

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Dr. Richard Stanwick, the IslandB次元官网网址檚 chief medical health officer, added that only 14 of the IslandB次元官网网址檚 109 total cases to date have been a result of B次元官网网址渃ommunity spreadB次元官网网址� and not traceable to foreign travel or localized clusters.

He was asked if the low number of COVID-19 cases on the Island means there isnB次元官网网址檛 much herd immunity in the region, and if that means a second wave of the virus is coming.

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