NEW - There are 2491 new cases of COVID-19. This includes 881 cases Fri to Sat, 847 cases Sat to Sun and 763 Sun to Mon. There have been a total of 126,249 cases of COVID in BC. #bcpoli
NEW - There have been 17 deaths in the last three days. In total 1,571 people have died from COVID in BC. There are 484 people in hospital, down 2. There are 158 people in ICU, down 2. #bcpoli
These are the deaths by age over the last 3 days.
2 over 90
7 80 to 89
5 70 to 79
2 60 to 69
1 50 to 59
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2 over 90
7 80 to 89
5 70 to 79
2 60 to 69
1 50 to 59
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There are 8,199 active cases of COVID in BC and 12,340 people are in self-isolation. #bcpoli
NEW - The province has administered 1,635,372 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Of these 89,035 are second shots. The province will start booking late 50s this week. #bcpoli
Province is now down to 40,000 doses of Pfizer. BC is expecting 138,060 doses of the vaccine tomorrow. #bcpoli
On Johnson & Johnson vaccine update, Dr. Henry says expectation is Canada will received more than 300,000 doses of the vaccine this week. "We still don't have dates for sure." BC should get it next week. #bcpoli
BC has plans to use the single dose vaccine and it is fridge stable. Says there is some flexibility for delivery and aiming places harder to reach for a second a dose. About 32k to 35k will come to BC. #bcpoli
On what British Columbians need to be cautious of before receiving a second dose, Dr. Henry says there a lot of things to look forward to. "We are hopeful that if we get the vaccine we are promised that we might be ahead of the July 1 timeline." #bcpoli
On messaging out to those in late 50s and waiting for aged based roll out, Dr. Henry says when it is your chance to book, book. I think the question was about someone in their 50s turning down Astra. #bcpoli
On B117 variants cases and community transmission, Dr. Henry says every case is being treated as a variant case. #bcpoli
On a sick day program in BC and transmission in the work place, Dr. Henry says it speaks to safety plans in place at the work place. Says the province revamps the safety plans once there is transmission. #bcpoli
On pregnant women being prioritized for vaccine, Dr. Henry says they are looking at the data right now. Says risk amount young people is incrementally less. Some jurisdictions like Ontario are prioritizing pregnant women. #bcpoli
Dr. Henry says they are encouraging pregnant women to get immunized as quickly as possible. #bcpoli
On Playland, Dr. Henry says Coastal Health will be working with Playland over the next week on safety protocols for reopening. #bcpoli
Dr. Henry says all first responders, child care staff and school staff will be immunized over the next few weeks. #bcpoli
On death of a nurse due to COVID, Dr. Henry says she can't provide a lot of information because it is a personal situation. "It was the first not infected and it's a tragedy." #bcpoli
On message of Playland opening, Dr. Henry says 'we do not want people traveling to Playland or any other place'. Reiterates VCH is working to understand plans. 'Outside is safer than inside.' #bcpoli
On getting second shot within 3 weeks for cancer patients, Dr. Henry says the province has looked at this and the interval will remain 4 months. #bcpoli
On why there are still high death numbers, Dr. Henry says about 1,000 people got COVID 14 days after first dose. Says there has been a small number of deaths among this groups. #bcpoli
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