COVID-19 cases in British Columbia continued to fall Tuesday as recoveries outpace new infections.Health officials confirmed another 446 new cases over the past 24 hours, while also announcing 615 other patients have now recovered from the virus.The new cases and recoveries brought B.C.’s total number of active cases to 5,045 — a drop of over 1,000 since Friday.
Metro Vancouver’s top doctor defends response, transparency amid COVID-19 outbreaks The province also saw nine more deaths since Monday, bringing the death toll to 1,019.Monday saw B.C.
reach the grim milestone of over 1,000 deaths since the pandemic began. Two-thirds of those deaths have occurred in long-term care facilities, according to provincial data.There are now 368.