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By Jill Sperling

COVID-19 Update

B.C. reports 124 new COVID-19 cases, highest number in 24-hour period

Aug 28, 2020 | 3:26 PM

VICTORIA – B.C. Health officials are reporting 124 new cases of COVID-19 in the province. It is the highest number of cases recorded in a single day since the pandemic began.

Health Minister Adrian Dix and Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry released a joint statement, listing the total number of cases recorded in B.C. as 5,496.

There are currently 974 active cases of COVID-19, which include four new cases in the Interior Health region.

Here is where the cases in B.C. have been found:

1,791 (Vancouver Coastal)
2,878 (Fraser Health)
174 (Vancouver Island Health)
433 (Interior Health)
142 (Northern Health)
78 (Reside outside of Canada)

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Throughout the province, 23 people are in hospital, seven are in intensive care.

There are no new health-care facility or community outbreaks. There have been no new COVID-19 related deaths.