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11 COVID19 deaths over 3 days

Darpan News Desk BC Government news, 31 May, 2021 03:22 PM

Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix have released today's numbers.

There are 708 new COVID cases in BC. Fri to Sat 258 new cases, 238 Sat to Sun, 212 Sun to Mon.

There have been 144,289 new cases in total in BC. The rolling 7 day average is now 277 new cases per day, the lowest it has been since October 31.

Join Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, BC’s provincial health officer, for an update on COVID-19. #CovidBC https://t.co/yph2vtNtpk
— BC Government News (@BCGovNews) May 31, 2021

There are 11 new COVID deaths over the weekend. 1,703 people have died from COVID. 1 person was in their 40s, 2 in 60s, 6 in 70s, and 2 over 80.

There are 140 cases - Coastal, 394 cases in - Fraser- 18 cases on the Island, 113 cases in the Interior, 42 cases in the Northern region, and 1- Outside

So far, 3,250,116 doses of COVID vaccine in BC have been administered.

This means 66.1% of the population 12 and older have received one dose. More than 3 million people have been immunized.

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