health officials announced 625 new cases of COVID-19 and eight more deaths on Wednesday, the first time since late November that deaths related to coronavirus have been in the single digits. There are currently 6,343 active cases of coronavirus in the province, a slight drop from 6,472 on Tuesday. A total of 55,254 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed so far in B.C. Public health alert in effect for RevelstokeA public health alert remains in effect for the Revelstoke region in southeastern B.C., where community transmission and new cases of COVID-19 have increased substantially, surpassing 85 total cases in recent days. Roughly 29,100 of those people were among those who had their procedures delayed in the spring, health officials said.

Source: CBC News January 06, 2021 23:34 UTC