B.C. is reporting 249 new cases of COVID-19, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 356,501 cases in the province.

The new cases include:

* Fraser Health: 46

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 55

* Interior Health: 71

* Northern Health: 21

* Island Health: 56

* People who reside outside of Canada: zero

There are 281 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 42 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, two new deaths (Fraser Health) have been reported, for an overall total of 2,998.

There have been two new health-care facility outbreaks at Parkview Place and Monahsee Mews (Interior Health), for a total of nine facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including:

* long-term care:
– Monahsee Mews (Interior Health)

– The Heights at Mt. View, Selkirk Seniors Village, Amica Douglas House, Acacia Ty Mawr, Sunridge Place Seniors and Ayre Manor (Island Health)

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

* assisted or independent living:
– none

* Complex Care: Parkview Place (Interior Health)