BC health officials announced 54 new test-positive COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the province to 148,282.
In a written statement, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said that there are 650 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.
Of the active cases, 63 individuals are currently hospitalized, 12 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
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New and total active cases, broken down by health region, are as follows:
- Fraser Health: 19 new cases, 168 total active cases
- Vancouver Coastal Health: Nine new cases, 258 total active cases
- Interior Health: 20 new cases, 161 total active cases
- Northern Health: One new case, 28 total active cases
- Island Health: Five new cases, 29 total active cases
- Outside of Canada: No new cases, six total active cases
There has been one new COVID-19-related death in Vancouver Coastal Health, for a total of 1,761 deaths in British Columbia.
To date, 80.5% of all eligible people 12 and over have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. In total, 5,727,465 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in BC, 2,246,289 of which are second doses.
145,859 people who tested positive have now recovered.
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