There have been 71 new cases of COVID-19 in Interior Health (from Jan. 5 to Jan. 6), bringing to 4,310 the total number of cases in the health region. There has also been another death — involving . . .
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B.C.’s COVID-19 case count is on the rise again.
Provincial health officials announced 625 new cases on Wednesday (Jan. 6) for a total of 55,254.
That comes after 428 cases on Tuesday and a daily average of 552 over the New Year’s weekend.
There has also been eight more deaths for a total of 962.
One of the new deaths is at the Heritage Square care home in Vernon, the second at that facility.
There are 6,343 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 381 people hospitalized, 78 in intensive care.
Currently, 8,719 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases, and a further 46,728 people who tested positive are considered have recovered.
B.C. recorded 428 new COVID-19 in the past 24 hours on January 5 – the lowest daily total since December 31, when there were 374 cases. With 5,915 tests conducted, the positive-test rate was . . .
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While there have been 485 new COVID-19 cases in B.C. from Tuesday (Dec. 29) to Wednesday, 57 of those cases are in Interior Health, which now has recorded 3,806 cases. There are 636 active cases . . .