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Feb 20, 2021 1:40 AM -
British Columbia is recording 508 new COVID-19 cases.
Health officials also announced six new deaths at a news conference today.
The figures mean a total of 75,835 COVID-19 infections have been confirmed in BC since the pandemic began.
British Columbia's death toll sits at 1,327.
British Columbia has hit a one-day record for vaccinations as new preliminary data from residents of long-term care homes and health-care workers shows the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine reduces the risk of the virus within two to three weeks.
B.C. used 12,250 vaccine doses yesterday, bringing the province's total number of vaccinations to almost 1,93,000.
The province also reported 508 new cases of COVID-19 today and six more deaths.
Health Minister Adrian Dix says there have been issues with acquiring vaccines due to production delays, but the vaccination program itself is working well.
He says the number of people who have received a vaccine accounts for only four per cent of BC's population.
The B-C Centre for Disease Control says preliminary data shows a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine reduces the risk of the virus among long-term care residents and health-care workers by 80 per cent within two to three weeks of receiving the shot.
