COVID-19 cases on Friday along with 11 new deaths.The province’s death toll from the virus now stands at 598. Christmas card campaign aims to comfort lonely B.C.
seniors amid COVID-19 In a written statement, health officials said B.C. had 9,589 active cases, while another 12,008 people were in self-isolation due to possible exposure.The majority of the new cases were in the Fraser Health region (469) and Vancouver Coastal Health region (119).[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Ninety-nine were in the Interior Health region, 41 were in the Northern Health region and eight were on Vancouver Island.There were 342 people in hospital, 87 of them in critical or intensive care.There was one new community.