Northern Health has reached 1,199 cases of COVID-19 after 40 more people were diagnosed in the region, meanwhile, there are now 402 active cases.
BC-wide, 723 new cases were identified, boosting the provincial total over the forty-thousand mark as it is now 40,060.
28 more lost their battle to the virus, that’s a record amount of deaths recorded in a single day as the province’s death toll reaches 587.
The provincial recovery rate is 72%, considerably higher than the North’s 66%.
43 people are battling the virus in the hospital in the North; 14 of whom are in ICU.
Across BC, there are 9,524 active cases with 347 in hospital.
According to BC Health Officials, all but 2 of the total deaths have been seniors living in care facilities.
There are 57 active outbreaks in BC’s Health Care System, the Rotary Manor outbreak in Dawson Creek is over.
North – +40 (1,199)
Interior – +82 (2,502)
Vancouver Coastal – +135 (10,117)
Fraser – +456 (25,398)
Island – +10 (750)
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