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By James Peters

COVID-19

Twelve new COVID-19 cases, three new deaths in B.C.

May 21, 2020 | 3:32 PM

VICTORIA — B.C. health officials are reporting 12 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed Thursday (May 21), bringing the provincial total to 2,479 test positive cases.

In her daily briefing, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry noted there are 307 active cases in B.C. Forty-three people are in hospital with COVID-19 symptoms – just one in Interior Health – and eight are in critical or intensive care.

Henry reported one new community outbreak, with a single positive case detected at the Matsqui Institution, a federal prison near Abbotsford.

On a positive note, the outbreak at the United Poultry plant in East Vancouver has been declared over.

The number of those considered recovered from the virus is 2,020, or 81 per cent of all test positive cases in the province.

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Three more British Columbians have died of COVID-19, bringing the provincial death toll to 152.

Here are where the 2,479 cases are distributed throughout B.C.:

• 887 (Vancouver Coastal)
• 1223 (Fraser Health)
• 126 (Vancouver Island)
• 183 (Interior Health)
• 60 (Northern Health)
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