59 new COVID-19 cases and one death reported in B.C.

B.C. is reporting 59 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 147,915 cases in the province.

One new death has been reported in the Interior heath region.

The province says the death toll from the pandemic is now 1,760.

There are currently 649 active cases of COVID-19 in the province with 74 patients in hospital, including 19 in intensive care.

Health officials say 78.4 per cent of residents aged 12 and up have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 40 per cent have received both doses.

Province has administered 5,497,150 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.