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84 COVID19 cases over 2 days

Darpan News Desk BC Government news, 02 Jul, 2021 03:33 PM

Over the last two days there are 84 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 147,705 cases in British Columbia. The rolling 7 day case average is now 43, the lowest since August 9.

There new cases include 49 new cases from June 30 to July 1 and 35 new cases in the last 24 hours.

2 new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,756 deaths in British Columbia.

There are 729 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. 99 individuals are currently hospitalized, 30 of whom are in intensive care.

Cases by health authority: Coastal - 21 Fraser - 36 Island - ZERO Interior - 25 Northern - 2.

78.7% of all adults in B.C. and 77.5% of those 12 and older have now received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, 35.2% of all adults in B.C. and 32.9% of those 12 and older have received their second dose.

In total, 5,124,693 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C., 1,526,711 of which are second doses.

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