Unvaccinated individuals continue to account for a vast majority of new cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions through the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. (File Photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
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CASES JUMP
Sep 10, 2021 | 4:22 PM
NANAIMO — The central Vancouver Island region is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases which is outpacing other areas of the health authority.
Island Health reported 84 new cases on Friday, Sept. 10, an increase comfortably above recent averages of between 50 and 70. Forty of the new cases were in the central Island which also saw the largest bump in active cases.
The region spanning from below the Comox Valley to north of the Malahat now records 202 active COVID-19 cases, an increase of 22. Southern Vancouver Island has 181, with areas in the north accounting for the remaining 80.
According to the BC Centre for Disease Control, 19 people are hospitalized on Vancouver Island for COVID-19 including 13 receiving critical care.
Central Island active COVID-19 cases rise to again top 200 - Nanaimo News NOW
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