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COVID-19 cases continue to drop in West Kootenay

The number of new COVID-19 cases in the West Kootenay/Boundary dropped or held about steady in every community according to the latest data provided by the BC Centre for Disease Control.

Between March 13 and 19, there were 57 new cases in the region, down from 85 the week before.

Nelson accounted for more than half of them, with 33, down from 53 on the previous reporting period. Next came Trail, unchanged at 14.

The remaining communities all showed single digits: Castlegar three (unchanged), Arrow Lakes two (up from zero), Creston two (down from 10), Kootenay Lake two (unchanged), Grand Forks one (down from three), and Kettle Valley zero (unchanged).

Greg Nesteroff
Greg Nesteroff
Greg has been working in West Kootenay news media off and on since 1998. When he's not on the air, he's busy writing about local history. He'll soon publish a book about the man who founded the ghost town of Sandon.

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