According to the BC Centre for Disease Control, there were no new cases of COVID-19 for the period of February 7-13 in the Powell River Local Health Area (includes City of Powell River, qathet Regional District (minus Lasqueti), and Tla’amin Nation).

Powell River Division of Family Practice has released results of its latest COVID-19 survey, with 647 people responding to the month-long survey, conducted in late 2020. This was the second COVID-19 survey conducted by the physicians and its intent is to illustrate how COVID-19 has impacted Powell River and how respondents could be best supported during this time.

For the week of January 31 to February 7 there was one new case of COVID-19 in the Powell River Local Health Area (includes City of Powell River, qathet Regional District (minus Lasqueti), and Tla’amin Nation).

The efforts most people are making to slow the spread of COVID-19 are paying off. This week we are starting to see the number of new daily cases of the virus decline in our province.

The first COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Powell River in January, and with them a sense of excitement and hope that we are seeing the beginning of the end of the pandemic.

This evening the BC Centre for Disease Control confirmed one new case of COVID-19 in the Powell River Local Health Area (includes City of Powell River, qathet Regional District (minus Lasqueti), and Tla’amin Nation) for the week of January 17-23.