COVID-19 cases in British Columbia continues to rise as officials reported another 150 infections on Tuesday.Nearly two-thirds of the new cases are in the Interior Health region, which reported 95 infections.
Elsewhere, there were 32 cases in the Fraser Health region, 17 cases in Vancouver Coastal Health, three in Northern Health and three in Island health.British Columbia’s seven-day average of cases dipped to 36 in early July, but has now climbed to 99 cases.No deaths from the disease were reported, leaving B.C.’s COVID-19 death toll at 1,768.The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 rose slightly to 44 while the number of patients in intensive care increased by five to 22.There are 783 active cases in the province, an increase of 88.