VICTORIA — Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 587 new cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia today.
Here’s the regional breakdown:
That brings the total number of cases since the pandemic began in B.C. to 137,810. Of those people, 130,310 have recovered.
Active cases have dropped to 5,691 with 413 people in hospital, 141 of whom are in critical or intensive care.
Sadly there have been five more deaths and Henry says a second British Columbian, a man in his forties in the Fraser Health region, has developed a blood clot after being vaccinated with the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine.
2,335,513 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C., 119,691 of which are second doses.
Today, anyone 30 and older can book their vaccine. On Friday at 7 p.m. (Pacific time), booking invitations will begin for people who are registered and are born in 1996 or earlier (25 and up). On Saturday at 7 p.m., booking invitations will begin for people who are registered and are born in 2001 or earlier (20 and up) and on Sunday at 7 p.m., booking invitations will begin for people who are registered and are born in 2003 or earlier (18 and up).
