COVID-19 in the past 24 hours and there have been 682 new cases of the disease, the province reported Tuesday.Of the new cases, 229 were in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 333 were in the Fraser Health region, 19 were in Island Health, 76 were in Interior Health, and 23 were in Northern Health.A note on the BC Centre for Disease Control website said 36 historic cases were identified during a data review The province reported 144 new cases related to COVID-19 variants of concern.
There have been 1,510 cases of COVID-19 variants, 171 of which are active.The seven-day rolling average of B.C.’s positivity rates has risen to 7.7 per cent, the highest level since Jan.