COVID-19 for May 7, 2021

NORTHERN BC – BC is reporting 722 new COVID cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the provincial total to 134,341 since the start of the pandemic.

Of this new cases, 26 are in Northern Health.

There are a total of 6,757 active cases and 445 people are currently in hospital, 157 of whom are in ICU.

Unfortunately, there have been an additional 7 deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the total to 1,602.