B.C. Covid numbers lower for second straight day

Apr 21, 2021 | 3:49 PM Pete McIntyre

B.C.’s new Covid-19 cases numbers on Wednesday were slightly higher than Tuesday, but still down from the weekly average.

The province reported 862 new cases, with 54 in the Interior Health region.

Tuesday had 849 cases, which lowered the seven-day average to 1,026 cases per day.

Covid-related hospitalizations remain at record highs with 483, and 164 of those people in intensive care.

There are 8,906 active cases in the province.

There is no new update on the variants of concern.

There have been seven new Covid-related deaths for a total of 1,546 deaths in B.C.

New case counts by health region:

Vancouver Coastal 200
Fraser 557
Island 25
Interior 54
Northern 26

To date, 1,456,946 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca-SII COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C., 88,335 of which are second doses.

People 30 years and older are now eligible to register for a vaccine in the age-based program on the Get Vaccinated website. People aged 40 and up are also now eligible to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine at their local pharmacy or through special clinics in 13 high-risk communities.