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VICTORIA — British Columbia’s top doctor says testing for COVID-19 remains focused on the health-care system and identifying chains of transmission, rather than the broader public.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there has been some testing where clusters of the disease have been identified across the province and people who were exposed are unclear whether or not they have symptoms.

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But she says broader testing of healthy people with no symptoms won’t be a part of the province’s strategy until B.C. reaches the “down side” of the curve in the virus’s spread, which has yet to happen.

Henry says physical distancing is still critically important and announced 92 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. on Saturday, for a total of 884.

There has been one additional death and 81 people are hospitalized, including 52 in intensive care, while nearly 400 people in B.C. have recovered after contracting COVID-19.