VICTORIA --
B.C. health officials have identified 67 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Island region Wednesday.
The new cases were among 997 found across the province over the past 24 hours.
Two more people have died of the virus, health officials say, bringing the province's death toll to 1,491.
The Island Health region has now reported 3,749 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
There are now 543 active cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Island region.
On Wednesday, Island Health revealed the locations of 486 active cases, including 261 in the South Island, 194 in the Central Island and 31 in the North Island.
B.C. has now confirmed 3,766 COVID-19 variant cases, 266 of which are currently active.