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184 COVID19 cases for Tuesday

Darpan News Desk BC Government news, 01 Jun, 2021 03:06 PM

There are 184 new cases of COVID-19, including 10 epi-linked cases, for a total of 144,473 cases in British Columbia. The 7 day average is now 262 new cases per day. That is the lowest since October 30.

70.4% of all adults in B.C. and 67% of those 12 and older have now received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. In total, 3,303,334 doses of Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C., 191,222 of which are second doses.

New cases by health authority: Coastal - 48, Fraser - 113, Island - 1, Interior - 19, Northern - 2, Outside Canada, 1.

There are currently 2,800 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. Of the active cases, 254 individuals are currently hospitalized, 80 of whom are in ICU.

There have been no new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,703 deaths in British Columbia.

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