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87 COVID19 cases over 3 days

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 05 Jul, 2021 03:50 PM

British Columbia health officials say there are COVID-19 outbreaks in five independent and assisted living care homes in the province.

In a news release Monday, they say four of the outbreaks are in the Fraser Health region while one is in Northern Health.

Vancouver Coastal Health says a COVID-19 outbreak at the Care Centre at Hollyburn House is over.

Officials say the province reported 87 new cases of COVID-19 over a three-day period, bringing the total infections to 147,790.

They also reported 3 COVID-19-related fatalities.

More than 78 per cent of those eligible in B.C. have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine while 36 per cent have had their second shot.

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