Eighteen new cases have been identified, and three more people have died in British Columbia’s latest 24-hour stretch.
All three recent victims were at the Holy Family Hospital long-term care home in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, increasing B.C.’s death toll to 186.
There are now 3,008 cases of COVID-19 throughout the pandemic in British Columbia, but that includes 2,660 people who have recovered from the virus. Of the remaining 162 active cases, there are 17 people in hospital, including three in intensive care.