PRINCE GEORGE — The British Columbia government announced 536 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, including 45 in Northern Health.
Here’s the regional breakdown:
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there are 4,624 active cases of the virus, down 186 from Wednesday. She says 362 people are in hospital, 74 of whom are in critical care.
Sadly, seven more deaths bringing the provincial death toll to 1,038.
A total of 59,608 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the pandemic began, 52,605 of those people have recovered.
Henry says the vaccine rollout continues, noting 69,746 people have now been vaccinated in B.C.
She said there are now four known cases of the UK variant strain of COVID-19 in B.C., three of those cases are linked to one person.
Henry says there is also one known case of the South African variant as well. She says that person did not travel to South Africa and as a result says the investigation continues.
Henry also expressed her disappointment regarding acts of racism directed towards Indigenous people on Vancouver Island, specifically the Cowichan Tribes.
