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229 COVID19 cases over 3 days

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 21 Jun, 2021 04:10 PM

There are 229 new COVID cases. 94 Fri to Sat, 90 Sat to Sun and 45 Sun to Monday. For 147,131 total cases. The seven day rolling average is now 97 cases per day. The lowest since September 2, 292 days ago.

77.3% of all adults in B.C. and 75.8% of those 12 and older have now received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. In total, 4,436,432 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C., 935,401 of which are second doses.

There are currently 1,204 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. Of the active cases, 108 individuals are currently hospitalized, 48 of whom are in intensive care.

108 hospital is lowest since November 6 1,204 Active cases lowest since Sept 3. Cases by health authority Coastal , 51 Fraser, 99, Island - 5, Interior, 60, Northern -13

There have been 3 new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,743 deaths in British Columbia.

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