(Files by Catherine Garrett-MyPGNow)
On the first day of classes for students across the province, BC has broken the record for both active case count and a single day increase.
139 new infections were recorded across BC today.
Ten of those cases were in Northern Health, for a total of 203, and four were in Interior Health for a total of 462 since the pandemic began.
The province has now recorded 6,830 cases in total.
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Of those, 1,412 are considered active.
42 people are in hospital, and 14 are in intensive care.
There were no new deaths from COVID-19 in the province, the death toll remains at 213.
3,109 people across the province are under isolation and the recovery rate is 75.9 percent.