Daily COVID-19 case count balloons to 274 in B.C.; Henry warns event organizers to shrink guest lists
VICTORIA — A day after setting a new single-day record for COVID-19 cases, B.C. has blown that record away.
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported a whopping 274 new cases of COVID19 Thursday (Oct. 22), including 12 cases within Interior Health.
That brings the province’s total to 12,331, spread out as follows:
- 4,260 — Vancouver Coastal (up by 45)
- 6,720 — Fraser Health (up by 203)
- 249 — Island Health (up by 5)
- 644 — Interior Health (up by 12)
- 365 — Northern Health (up by 4)
- 88 — Reside outside of Canada (unchanged)