Wednesday September 2, 2020 | VICTORIA, BC
by Mary P Brooke, B.Sc., Editor | Island Social Trends
Around the globe today, there are 25,602,665 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 852,758 deaths, as reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). Countries with the highest number of cases are
Across Canada today, there are 129,923 COVID-19 cases of which 5,738 are active. There have been 9,135 deaths due to COVID-19 across Canada this year (7% of cases).
In BC the total of COVID-19 cases today is tallied at 5,952 (5,872 test-positive and 80 epi-linked), with 2,786 people in self-isotion due to known exposure to the virus.
===== Links:
BC Centre for Disease Control: COVID-19 dashboard (updated Monday to Friday)
If you are sick with COVID-19 (BC Centre for Disease Control)
How to self-isolate (BC Centre for Disease Control) – PDF