There were no new COVID-19 deaths in British Columbia Wednesday, as the province reported the fewest new cases in a 24-hour period in more than six weeks.
In a written statement, health officials reported 572 new cases, the lowest total since March 20. It brought the seven-day moving average down to 719, the lowest it’s been since March 26.
There were 6,887 active cases — the fewest B.C. has seen since March 28.There were 481 people in hospital, 161 of whom were in critical or intensive care.
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Of the news cases, 118 were in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 362 were in the Fraser Health region, 22 were in the Island Health region, 57 were in the Interior Health region and 13 in the Northern Health region.
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