COVID-19 update
Vaccination rates for adults in B.C. reach 72.4 percent
Jun 4, 2021 | 4:04 PM
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s vaccination rates continue to rise.
Today, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said that 72.4 per cent of all adults in B.C. and 69.6 per cent of those 12 and older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. In total, 3,488,884 doses of vaccines have been administered, 256,725 of which are second doses.
The provincial government announced 183 new cases of COVID-19 today, including nine in the Northern Health region.
Henry and Dix said there are 2,453 active cases of the virus with 224 people in hospital, 59 of whom are in intensive care.
