health officials announced 717 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday and 11 more deaths, setting several sombre new records for the pandemic. Tuesday's numbers mark the highest single-day totals for new cases and deaths, the greatest number of people in hospital and the heaviest active caseload to date. Public health is now actively monitoring 10,960 people across the province, who are in self-isolation due to COVID-19 exposure. But Henry and Dix say the second wave is starting to spread beyond Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health. Jurisdictions across Canada are seeing major spikes in COVID-19 cases, but there have been some glimmers of hope in recent weeks, with news of two promising vaccine candidates.

Source: CBC News November 17, 2020 23:14 UTC