32.9% of those 12 and older in B.C. fully vaccinated

VICTORIA — Vaccination rates continue to climb in British Columbia.

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix say that 78.7 per cent of all adults in B.C. and 77.5 per cent of those 12 and older have now received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, 35.2 per cent of all adults in B.C. and 32. 9 per cent of those 12 and older have received their second dose.

Henry and Dix say a total of 5,124,693 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C., 1,526,711 of which are second doses.

Over the past two days they say that there have been 84 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., including two in the Northern Health region.