Merritt records five new COVID-19 cases

The BC Centre for Disease Control has released the latest Local Health Area (LHA) COVID-19 data, covering the week leading up to the evacuation of Merritt.

For the week of November 7-13, the Merritt LHA recorded five new cases of the virus, a decrease of 10 cases from the week prior.

In Kamloops, the LHA reported 132 new cases, also a decrease of 10 from the week before.

• Kamloops – 132 (down by 10 from last week)
• Cariboo/Chilcotin – 58 (down by 7)
• North Thompson – 13 (up by 9)
• 100 Mile House – 4 (up by 1)
• South Cariboo – 0 (down by 4)
• Lillooet – 2 (down by 2)
• Merritt – 5 (down by 10)
• Vernon – 75 (down by 10)
• Armstrong-Spallumcheen – 10 (down by 5)
• Enderby – 35 (up by 21)
• Salmon Arm – 41 (down by 36)
• Revelstoke – 2 (down by 2)
• Central Okanagan (Kelowna) – 227 (up by 46)