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BC health officials report 519 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, February 15th

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The BC Ministry of Health reported 519 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, February 15th.

There have been 341,532 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

New cases were reported in these health regions:

  • Vancouver Coastal Health: 0

  • Fraser Health: 0

  • Island Health: 78

  • Interior Health: 287

  • Northern Health: 145

  • Resident outside Canada: 9

There are now a total of 787 people in hospital with COVID-19, 124 of whom are in critical care — ICU or acute care units.

2 new people have died from COVID-related causes, making the provincial death toll 2,766.

Outbreaks

There has been one new health-care facility outbreaks in the province: The Heights at Mt. View (Island Health).

The outbreak at Island View Place (Island Health)have been declared over.

There are a total of 39 ongoing health care outbreaks in the province.

There are currently 23 health care outbreaks in the Island Health region.

Vaccinations

As of Tuesday, February 15th:

  • 11,158,060 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in BC
  • 90.4% (4,506,631) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 85.3% (4,252,281) have received their second doses.
  • 93.1% (4,316,016) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.5% (4,194,522) received their second dose and 53.0% (2,454,932) have received a third dose.
  • 93.5% (4,042,557) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 90.9% (3,933,436) received their second dose and 55.5% (2,400,288) have received a third dose.

You can view the worldwide stats here.

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