B.C. records 437 new cases of COVID-19 and 3 more deaths
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B.C. health officials announced 437 new cases of COVID-19 and three more deaths on Friday.
In a written statement, the provincial government said there are currently 2.994 active cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus in B.C.
A total of 211 people are in hospital, with 72 in intensive care.
Overall hospitalizations, which typically lag behind spikes and dips in new cases, are down by 24 per cent from last Friday, when 276 people were in hospital with the disease and 48 per cent from a month ago when 404 people were in hospital.
The number of patients in intensive care is down by 24 per cent from 95 a week ago and 38 per cent from last month when 117 people were in the ICU.
The provincial death toll from COVID-19 is now 2,381 lives lost out of 222,013 confirmed cases to date.
The regional breakdown of new cases is as follows:
There are a total of four active outbreaks in assisted living and long-term and acute care.
Acute care outbreaks include:
As of Friday, 91.4 per cent of those 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, 88.4 per cent a second dose and 12 per cent a third dose.
When taking into account those five and older, 86 per cent of people in B.C. had received a first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine and 82.2 per cent a second dose.
So far, 8.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, including more than four million second doses.
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