B.C.'s daily average of COVID-19 case counts are continuing to rise as 501 more people tested positive for the disease in a 24-hour period, the provincial health ministry announced Tuesday.
In a written statement, the ministry also said one more person died from the coronavirus since Monday's update.
Hospitalizations also rose over the past 24 hours. On Monday, there were 104 people recovering in hospital, but on Tuesday that rose to 111. Fifty-one of those people are in intensive care. Another 139 cases were recorded in Fraser Health and 92 in Vancouver Coastal Health. Of the remaining cases, 35 were counted in Northern Health, 28 in Island Health and two were in people who usually reside outside of Canada.
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