Dr.Bonnie Henry (Province of B.C. photo) Share to Dec 15, 2020 4:25 PM Pete McIntyre A drop in B.C.’s new COVID-19 cases today with 522, including 56 in the Interior Health region. The B.C. total is the lowest in more than a month and comes after several days in the 600-700 range. However, the COVID-related deaths remain high with another 21. The provincial death toll is now at 668, with one of the latest victims, a woman in her 70s who had been living at McKinney Place in Oliver. That is the seventh death in Interior Health. There are 9,860 active cases, with 361 people in hospital and 93 in intensive care.