B.C. adds 161 new cases Friday, three additional deaths

British Columbia announced 161 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday and three additional deaths related to the virus.

In a statement, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and deputy health minister Stephen Brown say there are 1,302 active cases in the province.

Sixty-three people were being treated in hospital, with 16 of them in intensive care.

The province has had a total of 9,381 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began and the number of people who have died stood at 238.

The statement says there were 3,114 people being monitored because they have been exposed to a known case.

On Thursday, Henry said the province had done a record 10,899 tests over a 24-hour period and found 82 people with the virus, which she described as very low, representing one per cent of positive cases.