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B.C. is reporting 671 new cases of COVID-19, including four epi-linked cases, for a total of 168,325 cases in the province.
There are 5,872 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 160,268 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 215 individuals are in hospital and 118 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
The new/active cases include:
230 new cases in Fraser Health
Total active cases: 1,689
78 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
Total active cases: 1,077
230 new cases in Interior Health
Total active cases: 1,965
89 new cases in Northern Health
Total active cases: 595
44 new cases in Island Health
Total active cases: 539
no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
Total active cases: seven
In the past 24 hours, three new deaths (Interior Health) have been reported, for an overall total of 1,827.
There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Menno Home (Fraser Health), for a total of 21 active outbreaks, including:
long-term care: Heritage Village, Northcrest Care Centre, Menno Home (Fraser Health), Arbutus Care Centre, Brock Fahrni (Vancouver Coastal Health), Village at Mill Creek – second floor, Cottonwoods Care Centre, Brookhaven Care Centre, Spring Valley Care Centre, Kamloops Seniors Village, Hillside Village (Interior Health) and Sunset Lodge (Island Health)
acute care: Peace Arch Hospital, Chilliwack General Hospital (Fraser Health) and Fort St. John Hospital (Northern Health)
assisted or independent living: Nicola Meadows, Hawthorn Park, David Lloyd Jones, Sun Pointe Village, Hardy View Lodge and Rose Woods Village (Interior Health)
Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,509,127 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
84.8% (3,929,089) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 77.1% (3,572,841) received their second dose.
