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Smithers sees decrease in COVID-19 cases, no cases in Burns Lake

Lindsay Newman
By Lindsay Newman

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the province, cases within the Northwest are seeing a decrease.

The Smithers Local Health Area saw six new cases during the week of March 28 to April 3.

This is a decrease of 2 from last week where Smithers saw 8 new cases.

The average daily case rate is now at 0.1 to 5.0 cases per 100,000 people.

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No new cases were reported in Burns Lake last week, where four cases were reported the previous week.

Meanwhile, Terrace and Prince Rupert cases continue to decline with Terrace reporting 14 new cases and 72 new cases in Prince Rupert.

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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