With Christmas now two weeks in the rearview mirror, British Columbia appears to be seeing a feared spike in new COVID-19 cases.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported 761 new cases of the virus Thursday, along with eight more deaths bringing B.C.’s death toll to 970.
All of the fatalities were in long-term care.
Thursday’s reported case count was the highest one-day total of new cases since Dec. 13.
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There were 6,349 active cases in the province, along with at least 8,849 people isolating due to possible exposure. That figure did not include the Northern Health region.
The province has now provided at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to 41,064 people.
Henry reported 372 people in hospital, 74 of whom were in critical or intensive care.
About 84 per cent of B.C.’s 56,015 total cases have recovered.
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