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B.C. reported 289 new cases of COVID-19 today and one more death.
COVID-19 cases in B.C. continue to drop
Published 5:00 PDT, Tue May 25, 2021
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B.C. health authorities reported 289 new cases of COVID-19 today, four of which are epidemiologically linked. Since the pandemic began, B.C. has recorded 142,636 cases.
Yesterday, a joint statement confirmed 974 cases between Friday and Monday, as well as 12 additional deaths.
Of today’s new cases, 70 are in the Vancouver Coastal Health region (including Richmond), 176 in the Fraser Health region, three in the Island Health region, 35 in the Interior Health region, four in the Northern Health region and one new case of a person who resides outside of Canada.
There are 3,782 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C. and 301 of those people are hospitalized, 93 of whom are in intensive care. Hospitalizations dipped to 292 yesterday but rose slightly overnight. The number of people in intensive care fell by three from yesterday’s count.
To date, 2,927,487 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca-SII COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C.; 148,580 of those are second doses.
Sadly, there was one new virus-related death reported today, bringing that total to 1,680.
Active outbreaks continue at four long-term care, assisted living and independent living facilities and two acute care facilities.
For the latest medical updates, including case counts, prevention, risks and to find a testing centre near you: http://www.bccdc.ca/ or follow @CDCofBC on Twitter.
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