340 new cases of COVID-19 and 8 more deaths in B.C.

B.C. is reporting 340 new cases of COVID-19, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 349,944 cases in the province.

The new cases include:

* Fraser Health: 71

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 41

* Interior Health: 113

* Northern Health: 50

* Island Health: 65

* People who reside outside of Canada: zero

There are 484 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 69 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, eight new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,903.

The new deaths include:

* Fraser Health: two

* Vancouver Coastal Health: one

* Interior Health: one

* Island Health: four

(Note: One reported death has been removed from the total due to a data correction.)

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks.

The outbreak at Polson Long Term Care (Interior Health) has been declared over.

There is a total of 20 facilities with ongoing outbreaks:

* long-term care:
– Menno Home, and Cascade Gardens Seniors Community (Fraser Health)

– Ponderosa, Overlander Residential Care, Three Links Manor, Hillside Village, Mission Creek Landing, Williams Lake Seniors Village, Sun Pointe Village, and Gillis House (Interior Health)

– Sidney Care Home, Amica on the Gorge, Selkirk Seniors Village, Nanaimo Seniors Village, Berwick House Gordon Head, The Heights at Mt. View, Greenwoods and Parkwood Court (Island Health)

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

* assisted or independent living:
– Fischer Place (Interior Health)