B-C reported 13 more cases of COVID-19 for a total of two-thousand-835, as well as one death, bringing the number of fatalities to 170 since the start of the pandemic. The provincial health officer, Doctor Bonnie Henry, says contact rates are at about 65 of normal, up from 30 per cent, but it’s all the more important to continue limiting gatherings to 50 people to allow for quick contact tracing if the illness spreads. She says up to 97 per cent of contacts have been found within a few days after a case is identified. Henry says going to an 80 per cent rate of normal contacts would result in a dramatic increase in cases before a vaccine is available.
