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The COVID-19 infection rate is continuing to move up in B.C., with 30 more positive tests arising from community exposures and one active outbreak.

Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said lessons from elsewhere suggest a few missteps can quickly turn into a significant resurgence, and in B.C., the curve is trending upward.

They said many of the new cases are a result of transmission from increased social interactions this summer.

The death toll is unchanged in B.C. at 189, while 2,873 people have recovered from COVID-19.

In the Island Health region, there have been 140 confirmed cases. That’s down from the 142 reported Monday — there was a “data correction” Tuesday, after it was discovered that one person was a resident of another province and another lived in a different B.C. health authority.

Of the Island Health cases, seven are active. Five people have died and 128 have recovered.

Some restaurants, wineries and recreational facilities in the Okanagan and Metro Vancouver have been notified of a potential exposure.

“We commend the businesses who have proactively notified the public and temporarily closed for additional cleaning,” Dix and Henry said. “This is a clear example of how we can contain the risk when it is known, slow the spread and continue to operate safely.”

— CP, with a file from the Times Colonist