By CKPG Today

COVID-19 update

622 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 54 in Northern Health

Mar 18, 2021 | 4:02 PM

VICTORIA — Six-hundred and twenty-two new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 54 in the northern health region.

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix add there have been 136 new confirmed COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern for a total of 1,132.

“There are 4,941 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 9,620 people under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases. A further 83,613 people who tested positive have recovered,” say Henry and Dix.

“Of the active cases, 286 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 85 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation.”

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To date, 465,584 British Columbians have been vaccinated for COVID-19, 87,120 of which are second doses.

The province now projects that everyone who is eligible for a vaccine will have access to one before July 1.