COVID-19 deaths and 862 new cases on Wednesday.The numbers, released in a written statement, showed the province’s seven-day average for new cases continuing to trend downward, falling to 983 from a peak of 1,130 on April 12.Active cases also continued to fall, dropping to 8,906 Wednesday — down from a peak of 10,081 on April 16.
An additional 13,135 people were isolating due to possible exposure to the novel coronavirus.But the number of COVID-19 patients in hospital continued its worrying upward climb.Officials reported 483 people in hospital, 164 of them in critical or intensive care — both all-time records.Of the new cases, 200 were in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 557 were in the Fraser Health region, 25 were in the Island.