BC reports 3,289 new COVID-19 cases over three days, as total deaths top 1,500 | FULL

B.C. recorded 3,289 new cases of COVID-19 over the past three days, along with 18 deaths.

There were 1,283 cases from Friday to Saturday while 1,036 cases were reported from Saturday to Sunday, and 970 from Sunday to Monday, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported during a live press briefing Monday.

Of the new cases, 740 were in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 1,957 were in the Fraser Health region, 167 were in Island Health, 299 were in Interior Health, and 125 were in Northern Health.

About half of COVID-19 cases in B.C. are variants of concern, Henry said.

The number of people in hospital with the disease rose by 36 to 368. Of those, 121 are in intensive care, an increase of 19.

For more: https://globalnews.ca/news/7753293/bc-covid-19-update-april-12-2021/

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