B.C's provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press conference in Victoria. (Photo - B.C. Govt.)
B.C. is reporting 2,033 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 318,906 cases in the province.
Note: The numbers of total and new cases are provisional due to a delayed data refresh and will be verified once confirmed.
There are 29,556 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 284,832 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 977 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital and 141 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
The new/active cases include:
685 new cases in Fraser Health
Total active cases: 12,351
378 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
Total active cases: 6,614
539 new cases in Interior Health
Total active cases: 7,669
165 new cases in Northern Health
Total active cases: 1,147
266 new cases in Island Health
Total active cases: 1,768
no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
Total active cases: seven
In the past 24 hours, 13 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,588.
There have been two new health-care facility outbreaks at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and Nanaimo Seniors Village (Island Health). The outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital (Interior Health) has been declared over, for a total of 62 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.