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BC confirms 167 new COVID-19 cases, 1 additional death

Health officials are reporting that 167 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified across BC in the past 24-hours.

There are now 1,688 active cases across the province, with a total of 4,156 people under active public health monitoring.

Currently, 69 individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19, 18 of whom are in intensive care.

One additional COVID-19 related death has been reported since Monday, however, officials provided no further details.

COVID-19 will be with us for some time to come, but when we all do our part we can still stay connected safely. Remember...

Posted by Government of British Columbia on Monday, October 19, 2020

“There have been three new health-care facility outbreaks at Evergreen Baptist Care Society, Good Samaritan Victoria Heights and Sunset Manor," said officials in a press release.

"The outbreaks at George Derby, Langley Lodge and Chartwell Crescent Gardens have been declared over. In total, 17 long-term care or assisted-living facilities and two acute-care facilities have active outbreaks."

On Sunday, Fraser Health declared new outbreaks of COVID-19 at the J&L Beef Ltd meat processing facility in Surrey, BC where 13 people have tested positive for the illness so far.

However, Henry also said that BC isn't seeing exponential growth, hospitalizations have stabilized and hot spots are being contained to the most populated areas such as the Lower Mainland.

Federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair has confirmed the Canada-US land border would remain closed to all non-essential travel until at least Nov. 21.



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