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BC health officials report 75 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, June 24th

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The BC Ministry of Health reported 75 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, June 24th.

There have been 147,346 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

New cases were reported in these health regions:

  • Vancouver Coastal Health: 17
  • Fraser Health: 44
  • Island Health: 1
  • Interior Health: 12
  • Northern Health: 1

There are currently 1,111 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.

144,466 people who tested positive have recovered.

There are now a total of 113 people in hospital due to COVID-19, 34 of whom are in critical care — ICU or acute care units.

3 new people have died from COVID-related causes, making the provincial death toll at 1,747.

Outbreaks

There are currently 4 outbreaks in long-term care and assisted-living facilities and 1 outbreaks in acute-care facilities.

Island Health:

Island Health reported 1 new case of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Island region and 25 active cases.

Breakdown of cases on Vancouver Island:

  • South Vancouver Island  Active cases: 9 (-1)│Total Cases: 1969
  • Central Vancouver Island Active cases: 15 (+1) │ Total Cases: 2476
  • North Vancouver Island  Active cases: 1 (-0) │Total Cases: 703

4 people remain in hospital with 2 in ICU.

There have been no new deaths in the Island Health region today, and a total of 41 deaths on Vancouver Island.

Vaccinations

77.5% of all adults in B.C. and 76.0% of those 12 and older have now received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

25.9% of all adults in B.C. and 24.2% of those 12 and older have received their second dose.

To date, 4,652,087 (+81,934) doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in BC; 1,122,024 (+70,114) of which are second doses.

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At the time of this publication, 180,666,548 cases of COVID-19 had been recorded worldwide. 3,913,700 have died, and 165,325,083 have recovered.

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