Henry says there are 4,317 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C., up by 12 from Wednesday. There are 224 patients in hospital with 63 in intensive care.
Within Interior Health, there are 899 active cases, with 43 people in hospital and 13 in critical care.
Nine more people have died of the virus, raising the province’s death toll to 1,278. The Interior Health death toll has grown by two to 83.
The number of people under active public health surveillance due to direct COVID-19 contact is 6,869.
A total of 66,603 people are considered fully recovered from the virus, or 92 per cent of all recorded cases.
Henry says 159,887 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, including 15,684 second doses.
