The British Columbia (BC) Center for Disease Control on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. released an update for COVID-19 cases in the province.

The BCDC website stated that total COVID-19 cases now stand at 20,368. Those currently hospitalized are 155 bringing it to a total of 1,215 hospitalized cases till date.

Of the total number of diagnosed cases, 18,964 were diagnosed in the laboratory, 44 are in ICU, 14,089 have recovered and 288 have been confirmed dead.

The update revealed that new cases now stand at 594 while active cases are 5,793.

The website also stated that on Vancouver Island, there were five new cases and 51 active cases. In all, there were 324 total cases: 318 were laboratory diagnosed while six were Epi-linked.

There’s no one in the hospital, no one in ICU, there have been six deaths so far and 267 have recovered from the deadly virus.

109, 397 people have received tests in all.

This is all contained in the Week 44 Report which spans Oct. 25 – Oct. 31.

The next report will be released Nov. 13.