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Lowest Cases Of COVID-19 Reported Since Beginning Of February

(From the files of DioneWearthmouth MYPGNow staff)

The province saw the lowest amount of COVID-19 cases since February 1st, as BC saw 289 new cases, 4 of which were found in the North and 35 in the Interior Health Region.

BC now has 3,782 active, 301 people are in hospital while 93 of whom are in ICU.

This comes as health officials made some announcements detailing current provincial health protocols. 

There has been one new COVID-19 related death, for a total of 1,680 deaths in BC.

2,927,487 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to adults 18 and over in B.C., 148,580 of which are second doses.

“This means 64.6% of all adults have received their first dose or 59.8% of those 12 and older,” said Dr.Bonnie Henry.

BREAKDOWN BY HEALTH AUTHORITY: 

Northern Health: +4 (7,603)

Fraser Health: +176 (82,180)

Vancouver Coastal Health: + 70 (33,514)

Island Health: +3 (4,838)

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Pat Matthews
Pat Matthews
Pat started working in the Cariboo in 1989 after spending several years in radio in Terrace. He worked in the creative department until 2017 when he switched over to news covering Williams Lake and the South Cariboo as well as being the afternoon host on Country 840 in 100 Mile House.

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