BC keeps COVID count under 200 for a second day, as vaccinations top 3.3 Million to date

The work on bending the curve of COVID in British Columbia continue to see some progress today, with the Wednesday update from Doctor Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix noting of the second day in a row of results below the 200 mark.

"We have had 194 new cases of COVID-19, including two epi-linked cases, for a total of 144,667 cases in British Columbia. 

There are currently 2,662 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and a further 140,238 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 246 individuals are currently hospitalized, 70 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation. 

There have been four new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,707 deaths in British Columbia. Our condolences are with the family, friends and caregivers of the people who have died as a result of COVID-19."

Across the various health authority's the results are as follows for the day: 33 are in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 122 are in the Fraser Health region, two are in the Island Health region, and 33 are in the Interior Health region.

Four new cases of COVID were reported in the Northern Health region, the year to date total for the Northern region is now 7,689 cases since January of 2020. 

There were no new cases of COVID reported by people in BC who reside outside of Canada. 

When it comes to the provincial vaccination program, health officials are closing in on another benchmark for BC, expecting to reach the 3.5 million dose mark for first dose vaccinations sometime this week. 

“Today, we are reporting that 71.1% of all adults in B.C. and 68% of those 12 and older have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. In total, 3,365,286 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C., 208,145 of which are second doses. "

More notes on the vaccination program are anticipated as part of tomorrows in person briefing.

The full statement for Wednesday can be reviewed here.

BC CDC data for British Columbia for Tuesday June 1st

BC CDC data for Northern Health Region for Tuesday June 1st

The BC Centre for Disease control has some valuable Coronavirus notes related to COVID-19 you can explore that information here.

You can learn more about the outbreak from both the Province and the Federal government from the links below:

Federal Government site

British Columbia Government site

The World Health Organization website also offers up the latest advisories on the global situation.

More from  Northern Health can be reviewed here 

You can review our archive of past statements and local information here.   

Local governments and organizations have also provided for increased awareness of COVID-19 issues, those past advisories  can be reviewed here.

For notes from across Canada and British Columbia we have been archiving the latest items through our political portal Darcy McGee

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