B.C. records 759 new COVID-19 cases, ten more deaths

VICTORIA — B.C. has recorded another 759 new cases of COVID-19, including 233 in Interior Health — the most of any health authority in the province.

In a news release, the province’s health ministry reports an active caseload up to 5,458, with 1,223 active cases in IH.

The number of COVID-19 patients in hospital has dropped slightly to 324, with 157 in intensive care.

Ten more people have died of the virus, lifting the B.C. death toll to 1,910. Seven of the deaths occurred in Fraser Health, two in Vancouver Coastal and one in Island Health.