B.C. recorded 267 new cases and three deaths due to COVID-19 over the weekend, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Monday (Sept. 28).
Henry said 10 of the new cases are epi-linked. There are currently 1,302 active cases in B.C., while 3,372 people are under public health monitoring. There are 69 of which are in hospital, 22 of whom are in ICU. There have now been 233 total deaths and 8,908 cases since the pandemic began.
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For Thanksgiving, which is coming up in two weeks, Henry said the rules are no different than other social events.
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Henry said that as in-class learning continues, so do exposure events at schools. However, there have been no reported outbreaks.
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