British Columbia health officials announced 14 new cases of COVID-19 and one more death in its latest 24-hour stretch.
The recent victim was in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, and increased B.C.’s death toll to 171.
There are now 2,835 cases in B.C., but that includes 2,516 people who have recovered, an increase of 25 since Tuesday. There remains 162 active patients in the province, which includes 14 people in hospital (down by two) and seven in intensive care.
There have been no new health-care facility or community outbreaks in the province’s latest 24-hour stretch, as the one at Maersk Distribution Canada Inc. in Delta has been declared over.