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B.C. reports 546 new COVID-19 cases, 12 deaths; number in hospital falls below 300
More people in Whistler have contracted COVID-19 in January than in all of 2020 In a written statement, health officials pleaded with British Columbians to stay home during the upcoming Lunar New Year and Family Day holidays.“Any travel beyond your local community, unless it is absolutely essential for work or medical care, is strongly discouraged right now,” reads the statement.“The more people you see and more places you go increase the risk for you, your family and those in the community you may be visiting.”Officials said there were 174 new cases in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 218 in the Fraser Health region, 30 in the Island Health region, 70 in the Interior Health region and 51 in the Northern Health region. B.C.