One more person is in the hospital with COVID-19 as local communities add another nine new cases.
The District Health Unit is now at 42 active cases with this latest update.
It also identified one more active case with a variant of concern.
Out of the latest cases:
- Eight caught the virus from another infected person;
- Health officials are still confirming one cause of transmission.
Three of the cases are in smaller communities in the district, and six are in First Nations.
