British Columbia's Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry provided an update on the province's COVID-19 situation on Monday amid an uptick in cases.

Health officials on Monday reported 269 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. over the past three days and one new death, as the number of active cases in the province continues to surge.

There were 109 cases from Friday to Saturday — the highest one-day total ever recorded in B.C. Eighty-one cases were reported from Saturday to Sunday, and 79 from Sunday to Monday. Five of the new cases are epi-linked.

There are now a record-high 913 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. Officials announced one new COVID-19 death, bringing the provincial toll to 203. The number of people in hospital with the virus has increased by five to a total of 18. Five of those patients are in intensive care.

There are 5,184 confirmed cases of the disease in B.C. Of those, 4,068 patients have fully recovered, or about 78 per cent.

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