FORT ST. JOHN -- Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, announced on Thursday there have been 75 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, for a total of 147,346 cases in British Columbia.

Of the new cases, one is in the Northern Health region, 17 are in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 44 are in the Fraser Health region, one is in the Island Health region and 12 are in the Interior Health region.

There are currently 1,111 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. A further 144,466 people who tested positive have recovered.

Of the active cases, 113 individuals are currently hospitalized, 34 of whom are in intensive care.

There have been three new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,747 deaths in British Columbia.