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12 deaths over 3 days

Darpan News Desk, 24 May, 2021 03:25 PM

The COVID-19 cases continue to drop. There are 974 new cases of COVID-19 over 3 days in BC. From May 21 to May 22, 356 new cases, May 22 to May 23 325 new cases and in the last 24 hours 293 new cases.

There have 142,347 cases in BC. The rolling 7 day is now 383. The lowest since November 3, 2020.

There are 292 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 96 of whom are in intensive care. Hospitalizations and ICU going down as well.

New cases by health authority Coastal - 157 Fraser - 630 Island - 25 Interior - 117 Northern - 44 Outside Canada - 1

There are 3,953 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. A further 136,603 people who tested positive have recovered.

There have been 12 new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,679 deaths in British Columbia.

2,885,488 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to adults 18 and over in B.C., 147,144 of which are second doses.

Dr. Bonnie Henry and Adrian Dix - "Today is one day closer to putting this pandemic behind us. It's the decisions we make right now and continue to make in the coming days and weeks that will make all the difference in our efforts to continue pushing COVID-19 numbers down."

British Columbia will unveil it's COVID-19 reopening plan 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Will feature John Horgan, Dr. Bonnie Henry, Adrian Dix and Ravi Kahlon.

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