Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is reporting 10 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.

That figure includes nine in the past day, and a 10th case was discovered from an earlier date, through epidemiological testing.

None of the new cases are in the Interior Health Region. There have been no cases reported here since may 28th, nearly two weeks ago.

There were also no new deaths in BC announced, the fourth straight day that there have been zero deaths reported.

Henry says the pandemic is far from over.  “We know that international flights are increasing and US border restrictions are going to be eased to allow for families who have been separated for these last few months to be able to reunite. These changes are not unexpected and they are important for us in getting our social fabric back together.”

“We also know that many businesses and schools here in BC and across the country have reopened. So our goal needs to be to learn to live safely with this virus, to protect ourselves as much as possible while we do that.”

Henry also noted that we have small numbers in BC, but across Canada and the world it is till a major problem. She notes that yesterday saw the highest single day for new cases globally since the pandemic started. According to information from worldometer, there were 107,712 new cases in the world on Monday.

“We need to be watching closely what is happening globally, what is happening in our own continent and what is happening here in the province. And we need to take our measures that we have learned that we continue to need to protect our communities, our families and our province. And our path forward is to minimize, manage and modify as we need.”