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497 COVID19 cases for Friday

Darpan News Desk BC Government, 19 Nov, 2021 05:20 PM
  • 497 COVID19 cases for Friday

B.C. announces 497 new cases of COVID-19 and 3 COVID19 related deaths in the last 24 hours for Friday. 

The latest cases bring the province to 214,636 confirmed infections since the pandemic began, and 2,293 confirmed deaths.

There are currently 3,420 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C.

That total includes 358 infectious patients in hospital, 109 of them in intensive care units.

More to Come. 

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