B.C. Covid update Friday: 317 new cases

May 28, 2021 | 3:47 PM Pete McIntyre

British Columbia ended the work week with 317 new COVID-19 cases, down from the 378 on Thursday.

There are 3,441 active cases with 292 people in hospital and 79 in critical or intensive care.

Interior Health had 60 of the new cases, with 73 in Vancouver Coastal Health, 163 in Fraser Health, five in Island Health and 16 in the Northern Health region.

There have been two new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,692 deaths in B.C.

There is one new outbreak at Brookside Lodge in Fraser Health.

To date, 3,106,269 doses of COVID vaccines have been administered in B.C., 160,885 of which are second doses. This means 67.2 per cent of all adults and 62.7 per cent of those aged 12 and older have now received their first dose.

In a statement, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix called it a “milestone week” in B.C.’s pandemic response.

“Our restart plan began, our surgical renewal strategy resumed and we have started the accelerated delivery of second doses to people throughout the province. We have a roadmap and now we must stick to the path: doing what we can to further slow the spread of COVID-19 and break the chains of transmission in our communities.”