Merritt records 10 new COVID cases

The BC Centre for Disease Control has released the latest Local Health Area (LHA) COVID-19 data, covering the week of December 26 – January 1.

The Merritt LHA saw a jump in the case counts from three a week ago to ten new cases this week.

The Kamloops LHA saw more than 100 new weekly COVID-19 cases with 261 being reported.

• Kamloops – 261 (up by 109 from last week)

• Cariboo/Chilcotin – 46 (up by 14)

• North Thompson – six (down by six)

• 100 Mile House – 14 (up by nine)

• South Cariboo – five (up by one)

• Lillooet – seven (up by seven)

• Merritt – 10 (up by seven)

• Vernon – 181 (up by 103)

• Armstrong-Spallumcheen – 22 (up by 12)

• Enderby – six (down by seven)

• Salmon Arm – 88 (up by 27)

• Revelstoke – 257 (up by 115)

• Central Okanagan (Kelowna) – 625 (up by 358)