COVID-19 numbers on Tuesday.The province’s last update came on Christmas Eve, when it reported 582 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 additional deaths.The province’s COVID-19 death toll stood at 808.
There were 8,865 active cases of the virus, with 9,732 people in self-isolation. Coronavirus: B.C. confirms first case of COVID-19 variant detected in U.K.
The press briefing will be the first since officials confirmed the province’s first case of a coronavirus variant first identified in the U.K.The case involves a person in the Island Health region who had recently flown from London to Vancouver on Air Canada flight 855 on Dec.