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Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says rising case numbers and test positivity rates mean it's soon to lift COVID-19 restrictions.
Dr. Henry says BC has seen its rolling seven-day average case numbers rise and there's potential to see rapid growth in cases if residents aren't careful.
She adds BC is ramping up screening for variants of concern and aims to be testing 100 per cent of all COVID-positive samples starting next week to see if they're likely variants that should be sent on for further study.
Dr. Henry reported 395 new cases of COVID-19 for a total of 78,673 cases in British Columbia.
10 more deaths have been reported for a total of 1,348 deaths in B.C.
To date, 239,883 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in B.C., 68,157 of which are second doses.
