By James Peters
COVID-19

B.C. records 677 more cases of COVID-19, but numbers lower in Interior Health

Sep 14, 2021 | 3:43 PM

VICTORIA — B.C. has recorded another 677 cases of COVID-19 Tuesday (Sept. 14), including 153 within Interior Health.

The numbers are contained in a release from B.C.’s Ministry of Health.

There are 288 people in hospital, including 140 in intensive care, both increase from Monday.

The active caseload is now 6,165 in B.C., including 1,583 within Interior Health. The province-wide total is an increase, the total in the Interior is down from Monday.

One more person has died of COVID-19, a resident in Northern Health. A total of 1,866 people have died of the virus since the pandemic arrived in B.C.

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