B.C. health officials reported 708 new cases of COVID-19 over three days, along with 11 deaths.

There were 258 cases from Friday to Saturday, while 238 cases were reported from Saturday to Sunday and 212 from Sunday to Monday. The 11 deaths bring the province’s COVID-19 death toll to 1,703.

The number of people in hospital with the disease dropped by 43 to 249, a decline of around 15 per cent. Of those, 78 are in intensive care, down one from Friday.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said a Vancouver Island man in his 30s became the third person in the province to be diagnosed with vaccine Induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT), a rare blood clot disorder, following a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

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