The weekend saw further decline in daily COVID-19 cases, reaching a low of 131 from Saturday to Sunday but there were 12 new deaths over the three days since Friday. Dr. Réka Gustafson, B.C.'s deputy provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of reported that 73.9% of all adults in B.C. and 71.5% of those 12 and older have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. In total, 3,635,795 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C., 314,246 of which are second doses. Over the last three days, BC had a total of 481 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 145,530 cases in British Columbia. This includes 217 new cases from June 4 to 5, 131 new cases from June 5 to 6 and 133 new cases in the last 24 hours.

By DESIBUZZCanada Staff

VICTORIA – The weekend saw further decline in daily COVID-19 cases, reaching a low of 131 from Saturday to Sunday but there were 12 new deaths over the three days since Friday.

Dr. Réka Gustafson, B.C.'s deputy provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of reported that 73.9% of all adults in B.C. and 71.5% of those 12 and older have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. In total, 3,635,795 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C., 314,246 of which are second doses.

Over the last three days, BC had a total of 481 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 145,530 cases in British Columbia. This includes 217 new cases from June 4 to 5, 131 new cases from June 5 to 6 and 133 new cases in the last 24 hours.

"Of the new cases, 70 are in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 285 are in the Fraser Health region, nine are in the Island Health region, 101 are in the Interior Health region and 15 are in the Northern Health region. There is one case of a person who resides outside of Canada,” they said in a joint statement Monday.

"There are currently 2,102 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and a further 141,663 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 199 individuals are currently hospitalized, 63 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

"We have one new health-care facility outbreak at Glenwood Seniors Community (Fraser Health).

"There have been 12 new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,722 deaths in British Columbia. Our condolences are with the family, friends and caregivers of the people who have died as a result of COVID-19.

"We are doing very well here in B.C. Cases are declining and we are on track with our provincewide COVID-19 immunization targets.

"Our immediate goal is to get as many people as possible fully vaccinated with their COVID-19 vaccine as soon as we can.

"By keeping our positive momentum going, we can all start to shift our focus to the many things we have to gain through immunization. Getting back into our communities, getting back to work and getting back to our meaningful social connections that sustain us.

"Let's look forward to the brighter days ahead and let's continue to do our part to help all of us get there."