There are now 127,048 cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in B.C. after health officials announced 799 new cases Tuesday.
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports that there have been 121 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 534 in the Fraser Health region, 28 in the Island Health region, 96 in the Interior Health region, 16 in the Northern Health Region and four new cases in people who reside outside of Canada.
There is no update on the variants of concern in the province.
There have been no new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,571 deaths in British Columbia.
There are 8,089 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 11,792 people under public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases. A further 117,150 people who tested positive have recovered.
Of the active cases, 500 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 164 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation.
1,671,128 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in B.C.; 89,457 of these are second doses.
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Everyone in B.C. who is 18 years old and over is now eligible to get vaccinated and should register on the Get Vaccinated website.
“In our age-based program, anyone 59 and older can now take the next step of booking their appointment," said Henry. "We encourage you to do that right away. Our worker program continues with targeted clinics underway."
Henry added that regional health authorities will also use available vaccine supply to target COVID-19 "hot spot" communities in B.C.
“Our limited AstraZeneca supply is being used in some of these 'hot spots,' as well as for our provincewide pharmacy program. Starting today, the AstraZeneca vaccine will be available to anyone 30 and older, starting with some of the ‘hot spot’ community clinics. As we receive enough AstraZeneca to add appointments at pharmacies, it will be made available to anyone in the province aged 30 and older," she said.
“We know demand for the AstraZeneca vaccine is high in many areas. Unfortunately, available supply through pharmacies in some regions will continue to be limited until additional supplies come in.
“Whether you had your vaccine last month, or are booked for the days ahead, we remind everyone to continue to use all of your layers of protection, to stay small and stay local until we have COVID-19 where we want and need it to be.”
