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By James Peters
COVID-19

No new deaths, 11 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday

Jun 16, 2020 | 3:21 PM

KAMLOOPS — The province is reporting 11 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday (June 16), and a new healthcare outbreak in the Lower Mainland.

While ten of those new cases are in people who have tested positive, one has been epidemiologically-linked to other positive cases.

The eleven new cases bring the province-wide total to 2,756. They are spread throughout the province as follows:

  • 940 (Vancouver Coastal)
  • 1426 (Fraser Health)
  • 130 (Vancouver Island)
  • 195 (Interior Health)
  • 65 (Northern Health)

The new healthcare outbreak is at the Maple Hill Longterm Care Centre at Langley Memorial Hospital. There are now five active outbreaks in the healthcare system.

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In total, there are 172 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C., including 11 people in hospital and five people in critical or intensive care.

There have been no new deaths due to the virus. The death toll in B.C. remains at 168.

A total of 2,416 people are considered fully recovered from COVID-19, or 88 per cent of those who have been diagnosed.

by James Peters

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