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By Greg Fry

COVID-19

Another record setting day for COVID-19 cases in B.C.

Nov 18, 2020 | 3:12 PM

VICTORIA — A record breaking 762 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. announced today, including 13 in Northern Health.

“There are 6,861 active cases of COVID-19 in the province,” reads a joint statement from Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix.

“Currently, 209 individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19, 58 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.”

They go on to say that 9,871 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and 16,914 people who tested positive have recovered.

Ten more COVID-19 related deaths bringing the provincial death toll to 320 in B.C.

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There are three new health-care facility outbreaks, including Peace Villa in Fort St. John.

“We have seen a rising number of new cases of COVID-19 across the province and we need to slow this down,” says Henry and Dix.

“We need to put the breaks on the virus and doing this requires a sustained effort by all of us. This second surge is putting a strain on our health-care system, our workplaces and us all. We need to ease this pressure so we can continue to manage the virus in our province and also continue to do the many activities that are important to us.”