Image Credit: SUBMITTED / Province of B.C. August 03, 2021 - 3:40 PM COVID-19 case counts increased in B.C. by 742 over the long weekend, with 395 cases being diagnosed in Interior Health. From July 30 to 31 across B.C. there were 160 new cases diagnosed, from July 31 to Aug. 1 there were 196 new cases, from Aug. 1 to 2 there were 185 new cases and from Aug. 2 to 3 there were 201 new cases. All together that raises the provincial total to 150,631 since the start of the pandemic, with 1,544 cases now active. Of the active cases, 53 individuals are in hospital and 19 are in intensive care. While Interior Health has by far the most active cases with 847, Fraser Health added 165 new cases to its count over the weekend raising its active cases to 348, there are now 115 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health for 212 active cases, 24 new cases in Northern Health raising the total of active cases to 43 and 42 new cases in Island Health, raising the active case