Four new cases of COVID-19 were recorded for Northern Health on Thursday but the number of active cases held steady at 13, according to an update from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.
Hospitalizations remained at one with that person in intensive care.
Province-wide, the picture was not so pretty as provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported 274 new infections.
It was the fourth record-high number of daily cases in six days, and it put the average number of daily cases in the first 22 days of October at more than 145 per day. That compares with an average of more than 110 per day in September, more than 69 per day in August and more than 23 per day in July.
Active cases stood at 1,920, up 154 from Wednesday.
More than three-quarters of the new cases, or 209, were identified in the Fraser Health region.
That region's CEO, Victoria Lee, earlier today warned people to be vigilant, and said that most cases are linked to known infections.
"Community related clusters and outbreaks have been connected to private gatherings, social events, such as weddings, and workplaces," Lee said. "Transmissions from these events can also spread to health services and health facilities, and I think from what we have seen so far, even small gatherings are risky right now."
Lee said people should stick to the same six people beyond those in their household to keep cases low at a time when "pandemic fatigue" is setting in.
She also said some gatherings are being reported to municipalities and that may require the authority to have "further conversations" around bylaw officers enforcing measures aimed at reducing the spread of the pandemic.
And Lee said the recent high number of cases could also be linked to gatherings at Thanksgiving.
In a joint statement. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and deputy health minister Stephen Brown echoed those comments.
"With COVID-19 still in our communities, we have seen that even small gatherings are risky right now. Inside or outside, large space or small, the fewer the faces the better.
"A wedding is meant to be a time of celebration, yet weddings and other important life occasions are a significant source of community transmission; transmission that has spread to health-care facilities, workplaces and schools.
"Now is the time to keep these celebrations small and to plan for bigger family gatherings at a time when we are no longer putting our seniors, elders and others at risk."
- with files from Glacier Media, The Canadian Press
