As rolling average increases, B.C. officials announce hundreds more cases of COVID-19

The day after both case-count and death-rate averages rose in B.C., the province's health ministry announced hundreds more cases of COVID-19.

The day after both case-count and death-rate averages rose in B.C., the province's health ministry announced hundreds more cases of COVID-19.

Thursday's update, issued by written statement, included 715 cases recorded in a 24-hour period. Another four people died during that same time.

The latest updates bring the seven-day rolling average to 641 cases per day, up from 621.

Additionally, B.C. has now seen a total since the start of the pandemic of 200,249 cases, which means nearly one in 25 residents of the province have been diagnosed with the disease.

Of those, 192,819 have recovered.

There are currently 4,965 cases considered active, with 377 patients in hospital. About half of those patients (136) are being treated in intensive care units.

Of the latest cases, Fraser Health confirmed the most, with 285 confirmed in the last day. Another 172 were recorded in Northern Health, the region which is currently seeing the highest per-capita rate of cases of the five B.C. health authorities.