VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 494 cases of COVID-19 today.
It brings the total number of cases to 138,304 in B.C. since the pandemic began. Of those, 130,953 have recovered.
Here’s the regional breakdown:
There are 5,548 active cases of the virus with 387 people hospitalized, 141 of whom are in intensive care.
Sadly, there have been two new COVID-19 related deaths bringing B.C.’s death toll to 1,634.
Henry says 2,393,265 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C., 124,880 of which are second doses.
Today, anyone 25 and older can book their vaccine and by the end of the weekend, all adults 18 and older across B.C. will be eligible.
Anyone who is not registered should in one of three ways: through a provincial call-centre between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. (Pacific time) at 1 833 838-2323, in person at the nearest Service BC location or online, 24-7, at: https://gov.bc.ca/getvaccinated
