59% of eligible adults have now received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine

VICTORIA – 80.1% of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have now received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 55.6% have received their second dose.

In addition, 81.1% of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 59.0% have received their second dose.

B.C. is reporting 78 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 148,641 cases in the province, since the pandemic began.

There are currently 729 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and of the active cases, 48 individuals are currently in hospital and 16 are in intensive care.