240 new cases of COVID-19 and 7 more deaths in B.C.

B.C. is reporting 240 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 353,379 cases in the province.

The new cases include:

* Fraser Health: 47

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 52

* Interior Health: 66

* Northern Health: 34

* Island Health: 41

* People who reside outside of Canada: zero

There are 298 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 49 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, seven new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,960.

The new deaths include:

* Fraser Health: three

* Vancouver Coastal Health: one

* Northern Health: two

* Island Health: one

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks.

The outbreak at Greenwoods (Island Health) has been declared over.

There is a total of eight facilities with ongoing outbreaks:

* long-term care:
– Ponderosa, and Hillside Village (Interior Health)

– Sidney Care Home, Berwick House Gordon Head, The Heights at Mt. View, Luther Court and Yucalta Lodge (Island Health)

* acute care:
– Surrey Memorial Hospital (Fraser Health)

* assisted or independent living:
– none