The BC Ministry of Health reported 108 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, June 15th.
Today also marks the province’s move to Stage 2 in BC’s Restart Plan.
There have been 146,561 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
New cases were reported in these health regions:
- Vancouver Coastal Health: 11
- Fraser Health: 53
- Island Health: 4
- Interior Health: 37
- Northern Health: 3
There are currently 1,496 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.
143,299 people who tested positive have recovered.
There are now a total of 139 people in hospital due to COVID-19, 39 of whom are in critical care — ICU or acute care units.
There were no reports of deaths from COVID-related causes, making the provincial death toll at 1,734.
Outbreaks
There are currently 5 outbreaks in long-term care and assisted-living facilities and 2 outbreaks in acute-care facilities.
The outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital is now over.
Island Health:
Island Health reported 4 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Island region and 56 active cases.
Breakdown of cases on Vancouver Island:
- South Vancouver Island Active cases: 41 (-0)│Total Cases: 1955
- Central Vancouver Island Active cases: 7 (-0) │ Total Cases: 2455
- North Vancouver Island Active cases: 8 (+1) │Total Cases: 701
2 people remain in hospital with 0 in ICU.
There have been no new deaths in the Island Health region.
Vaccinations
76.1% of all adults in B.C. and 74.4% of those 12 and older have now received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
To date, 4,102,905 (+54,559) doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in BC; 657,491 (+44,038) of which are second doses.
Some links include:
- Details on the latest provincial restrictions
- BCCDC information on how to get tested
- Support for mental health and wellbeing
At the time of this publication, 177,311,644 cases of COVID-19 had been recorded worldwide. 3,835,532 have died, and 161,661,471 have recovered.
