By Glen Korstrom | December 11, 2020, 2:50pm
B.C. s provincial health officer Bonnie Henry spoke to media December 10 | B.C. government
A steady rise in the number of new COVID-19 infections in the past four days has helped B.C. set a new record for the number of people actively battling the viral illness that has spawned a global pandemic.
Of the 9,587 people with active infections, the vast majority have been told to self-isolate at home, although 342 people are now in B.C. hospitals – down four from yesterday, but not far from the record 359 hospital patients on December 7. Of those hospitalized, however, a record 87 people have illnesses serious enough to be in intensive care units.
Friday update: 737 new COVID-19 cases in B C , 11 deaths
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11 more people die of COVID-19 in B C , as 737 new cases confirmed
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