The Interior Health region now has 107 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the provincial government announced on Tuesday. In making the announcement, public health officer Dr.
Bonnie Henry and health minister Adrian Dix also announced that five more people had died because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, pushing B.C.’s death total to 24.
The province also announced 43 new cases of COVID-19, increasing B.C.’s total to 1,013, and that 128 people have been hospitalized, including 61 in intensive care.
Notably, though, Henry said 507 people have fully recovered from the disease. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] Of the five deaths, four were in the Vancouver Health region, with the fifth in the Fraser