B.C. health officials are reporting another 142 COVID-19 cases of COVID-19 today, with two new cases in the Interior Health Authority, taking the provincial total to 11,034 cases.

There are now 74 people in hospital with COVID-19 – down by 10 from yesterday – with 24 people in intensive or critical care. Across Interior Health there have been 587 cases of the virus – 26 of those cases currently active with two people in hospital, one in ICU.

Active cases across B.C. increased to 1,494, with another 3,683 people now in isolation after a possible exposure to the virus.

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry also reported a new community cluster at the FedEx depot at Kelowna Airport which has affected three staff members, with six others in isolation at this time.

“Public health teams are on site and are working with the business there and contact tracing is underway,” she said. “There is no risk to those who are picking up packages.”

Interior Health in a statement says there has been no COVID exposure to the public and that this depot is not directly connected to Kelowna Airport.

There were no deaths reported across B.C. and the death toll remains at 250 people.

Henry’s also announced the first confirmed case of multi-system inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) in the province in a child under the age of five. She says the child was under investigation after showing symptoms which was confirmed as MIS-C when a COVID-19 serology test came back positive.

“The child has fully recovered and is now at home,” she said. “[The child] was diagnosed after their serology test came back positive for COVID-19 this week. To date, we have had 16 children who have been assessed for MIS-C, but they have not had any association with COVID-19.”

MIS-C has clinical similarities to Kawasaki Disease, with symptoms including fever, abdominal pain and rashes.

There are 9,257 people who had COVID-19 – about 84 per cent of the total who are now considered to have recovered.