VICTORIA — Just one new case of COVID-19 up north announced today, 54 provincially.
There are 650 active cases of the virus province-wide, 28 of those are located in the Northern Health region.
The new/active cases include:
* 19 new cases in Fraser Health
* Total active cases: 168
* nine new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
* Total active cases: 258
* 20 new cases in Interior Health
* Total active cases: 161
* one new case in Northern Health
* Total active cases: 28
* five new cases in Island Health
* Total active cases: 29
* no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
* Total active cases: six
In the past 24 hours, one new death (Vancouver Coastal Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 1,761.
Of the active cases, 63 individuals are currently in hospital and 12 are in intensive care.
As for vaccinations, 79.4 per cent of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose and 48.6 per cent are now fully vaccinated.
