6 new COVID19 deaths for Wednesday

6 new deaths and there are 469 new COVID cases in BC, including five epi-linked cases, for a total of 71,856 cases in the province. A total of 1269 deaths in BC.

There are 4,305 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. There are 230 individuals currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 66 of whom are in intensive care.

There are 6,820 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and a further 66,167 people who tested positive have recovered.

In the past 24 hours there have been 100 new cases of COVID-19 in Vancouver Coastal, 243 new cases in Fraser Healt, 25 in Island Health, 46 in Interior Health, 53 in Northern Health and two new cases of people who reside outside of Canada.

There have been 157,797 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in B.C., 14,316 of which are second doses.

Dr. Bonnie Henry and Adrian Dix : “The risks from COVID-19 remain high for all of us, especially with the variants of concern, which is why staying in our local community and avoiding any unnecessary travel is so important right now."

Henry and Dix - “This weekend is the weekend to stay home – to show your family and friends you care by not giving COVID-19 the opportunity to spread."