B.C. records 531 new COVID-19 cases, as variant strains become more prevalent
(WorldNews Canada)

B.C. continues to rack up an average of more than 500 new COVID-19 cases per day, with 531 new infections detected in the past 24 hours, raising the number of cases since the virus was first discovered in the province to 85,650. More than 92.5% of those infected, or 79,309 people, are considered to have recovered because they have had two negative tests for the virus. Some concern is that the number of infections that are considered to be one of the mutant strains of the virus, or variants of concern. Those cases are rising fast, and those variants are thought to spread more easily. Health officials test for variants after they...