B.C. records 677 more cases of COVID-19, but numbers lower in Interior Health

VICTORIA — B.C. has recorded another 677 cases of COVID-19 Tuesday (Sept. 14), including 153 within Interior Health.

The numbers are contained in a release from B.C.’s Ministry of Health.

There are 288 people in hospital, including 140 in intensive care, both increase from Monday.

The active caseload is now 6,165 in B.C., including 1,583 within Interior Health. The province-wide total is an increase, the total in the Interior is down from Monday.

One more person has died of COVID-19, a resident in Northern Health. A total of 1,866 people have died of the virus since the pandemic arrived in B.C.

Outbreaks continue in 24 B.C. facilities, including Kamloops Seniors Village, The Hamlets at Westsyde, Nicola Meadows in Merritt and Hillside Village in Salmon Arm.

The province says the single-dose vaccination rate has reached 86 per cent for eligible British Columbians aged 12 and older, and the two-dose rate is now 78.5 per cent.