British Columbia has once again smashed the record for the number of new COVID-19 cases reported in a day, with a whopping 589 new cases on Friday.
In a written statement, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry also confirmed two new deaths, bringing B.C.’s total to 275.
The majority of the cases were in the Fraser Health region (402) and Vancouver Coastal health region (146).
Twenty-four were in the Interior Health region, 12 were in the Northern Health region and five were on Vancouver Island.
The number of patients in hospital climbed by seven to 104 — the highest since April 21. Twenty-eight of those patients were in critical or intensive care.
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Active cases, at 3,741, and the number of people self-isolating due to possible exposure, at 7,887, also both set new records.
Seventy-six per cent of the province’s 17,149 total cases have recovered.