There are now 139,664 cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in B.C. after health officials announced 1,360 new cases Monday.
There were 443 new cases from Friday to Saturday, 493 from Saturday to Sunday and 424 from Sunday to Monday.
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports that there have been 291 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 861 in the Fraser Health region, 36 in the Island Health region, 126 in the Interior Health region, 47 in the Northern Health Region and no new cases in people who reside outside of Canada.
There is no update on the variants of concern in the province.
There have been 14 new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,648 deaths in British Columbia. One of the deaths was a person in their 40s and another was a person in their 50s passed.
There are 5,021 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.
Of the active cases, 350 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 132 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
2,538,328 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in B.C.; 130,023 of those are second doses. Over 55 per cent of eligible adults have received one dose of a COVDI-19 vaccine in B.C.
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