It has been 13 days since the B.C. election day and Elections BC has now started counting absentee and mail-in ballots.

Elections BC will start counting the mail-in and absentee ballots from the 2020 election on Friday with the plan to have the counting done by Sunday.

The BC NDP had a massive financial advantage over the BC Liberals and the BC Greens heading into last month's provincial election.

In a typical election, mail-in ballots are counted 13 days after voting day. But with such a huge volume of them this time because of COVID-19, officials said they're not sure that timeline can be met. 

A breakdown of mail-in packages returned by region so far is not yet available. 

BC NDP Leader John Horgan will be covering a lot of ground on Wednesday in an attempt to pick up some seats.

About half of the 725,000 registered voters who have requested a mail-in ballot have already returned them to Elections BC, while about 472,400 ballots have already been cast at advance polls.

Plans for health care, infrastructure and BC Ferries are on the agenda of B.C.'s three main party leaders today.

Elections BC has scheduled a full week of advance voting days, running from Oct. 15 to Oct. 21.

The BC Greens are outlining billions of dollars in new spending to enhance the education system, gaps with income security, concerns over childcare and a lack of affordable homes.