{"id":12021,"date":"2020-04-16T17:25:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T21:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=12021"},"modified":"2020-05-21T11:18:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T15:18:13","slug":"more-than-half-of-people-diagnosed-with-covid-19-in-interior-health-region-fully-recovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/more-than-half-of-people-diagnosed-with-covid-19-in-interior-health-region-fully-recovered\/","title":{"rendered":"More than half of people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Interior Health region fully recovered"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More than half of the people who contracted COVID-19 in the Interior Health region and tested positive have fully recovered from the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, according to the provincial government.<\/p>\n

The province has released a new BC COVID-19 dashboard<\/a> that\u2019s available online, and it features the latest case counts and information on recoveries, deaths, hospitalizations and testing.<\/p>\n

Of the 146 laboratory confirmed cases in the Interior Health region, 74 people (51 per cent) have recovered.<\/p>\n

Eleven patients are currently hospitalized, including six patients in intensive care.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed that the Interior Health region recorded its first COVID-19 related death, a man in his 60s.<\/p>\n

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Global News has learned the victim was 69-year-old Dennis Rau of Kelowna.<\/a><\/p>\n

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An online obituary stated that Rau passed away suddenly on April 9 from complications due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n

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Friends said Rau fell ill after returning from vacation in Turkey with his wife a month ago.<\/p>\n

They said the couple self-isolated at home until Rau became gravely sick and was admitted into the ICU at Kelowna General Hospital.<\/p>\n

The median age of a COVID-19 patient in the Interior Health region is 50-years-old, according to daily surveillance reports<\/a> released by the BC Centre for Disease Control.<\/p>\n

The median age of a hospitalized patient with COVID-19 within the Interior Health Authority is 62.<\/p>\n

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According to the provincial government, of the 57,997 lab tests completed province-wide, 8,332 tests have been conducted in the Interior Health region.<\/p>\n

\u201cLocalized testing capabilities have been established in the Interior and North to shorten testing turnaround times and reduce the potential for community transmission,\u201d said a joint statement from Dr. Henry and BC health minister Adrian Dix on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

New testing guidelines were implemented on April 9.<\/p>\n

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The Interior Health Authority\u2019s website indicates that in addition to residents and staff of long-term care facilities, patients requiring hospitalization or part of an investigation of a cluster or outbreak, and healthcare workers, residents of remote, isolated or indigenous communities also qualify for testing if they present symptoms such as a cough, fever and shortness of breath.<\/p>\n

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People living and working in congregate settings, such as work-camps, correctional facilities, shelters, group homes, assisted living and seniors\u2019 residences, can also be tested, as well as people experiencing homelessness, essential service providers and returning travellers identified at a point of entry to Canada.<\/p>\n

Interior Health has opened 14 referral-only COVID-19 screening clinics across the Interior Health region, which covers approximately 215,000 square kilometres.<\/a><\/p>\n

According to Interior Health<\/a>, the region serves 59 incorporated municipalities and more than 90 unincorporated places, and has an approximate population of 762,000.<\/p>\n

Seventy-five people in B.C. have now died of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n

About 61 per cent of the province\u2019s 1,561 confirmed COVID-19 patients have fully recovered. Of the remaining cases, 131 patients are in hospital, with 59 of them in intensive care.<\/p>\n

There are more than 4,600 empty hospital beds in B.C., in preparation for a potential rapid surge in patients.<\/p>\n

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