Interior Health records 194 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths
Interior Health continued to lead the province with new COVID-19 cases Thursday.
Of the 597 cases identified across the province, 194 came from the Interior. The health jurisdiction with the second highest new daily cases was Fraser Health with 118.
To date, there have been 346,793 confirmed COVID-19 cases in B.C. and 59,438 cases in the Interior.
The Ministry of Health reported nine new deaths linked to COVID-19 on Thursday, two of which were located in the Interior. A total of 2,840 British Columbians have died due to the virus, with 350 of those deaths occurring in the Interior.
As of Thursday, there were 612 British Columbians in hospital with COVID-19, down 41 from the day before. The number of patients with the virus in intensive care also fell by six to 102 Thursday.
As of Thursday, 90.6 per cent of British Columbians aged five and over had received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 86 per cent had received two jabs.
The province said 93.2 per cent of British Columbians aged 12 and over had received one dose of a vaccine as of Thursday, while 90.7 per cent had received two jabs and 55.1 per cent had gotten a booster.
Additionally, 93.6 per cent of adults in B.C. had received their first dose of a vaccine, 91.1 per cent were double-dosed and 57.2 per cent had received their third shots.
There was no change to the health-care facility outbreaks Thursday, meaning there were 29 ongoing outbreaks in B.C., 10 of which were located in the Interior.
- Polson Long Term Care in Vernon
- Glenmore Lodge long-term care in Kelowna
- Trinity Care Centre assisted living in Penticton
- Ponderosa assisted living in Kamloops
- Castleview Care Centre assisted living in Castlegar
- Overlander Residential Care assisted living in Kamloops
- Three Links Manor retirement home in Kelowna
- Hillside Village nursing home in Salmon Arm
- Mission Creek Landing retirement home in Kelowna
- Williams Lake Seniors Village retirement home in Williams Lake