COVID-19 Update

New Milestone: At least 60% of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have now received their second dose

Jul 26, 2021 | 3:57 PM

VICTORIA – As vaccination rates continue to go up and many people are now eligible for their second dose, the province has now set a new milestone.

80.6% (3,736,651) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 61.3% (2,840,194) have received their second dose.

In addition, 81.6% (3,529,236) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 64.4% (2,783,587) have received their second dose.

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 267 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 149,109 cases in the province:

* July 23-24: 94 new cases

* July 24-25: 79 new cases

* July 25-26: 94 new cases

There are currently 695 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and of the active cases, 43 individuals are in hospital and 17 are in intensive care.

The new/active cases include:

* 48 new cases in Fraser Health
* Total active cases: 185

* 41 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
* Total active cases: 118

* 155 new cases in Interior Health
* Total active cases: 342

* five new cases in Northern Health
* Total active cases: 14

* 18 new cases in Island Health
* Total active cases: 32

* no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
* Total active cases: four

In the last 72 hours, one new death (Northern Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 1,768.

There are three active outbreaks in:

* acute care: Laurel Place at Surrey Memorial Hospital (Fraser Health)

* long-term care: Holyrood Manor (Fraser Health) and Nelson Jubilee Manor (Interior Health)

* assisted or independent living: none

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 6,584,264 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.