There are now 146,794 cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in B.C. after health officials announced 120 new cases Thursday (June 17).
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported that there have been 13 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 53 in the Fraser Health region, five in the Island Health region, 43 in the Interior Health region, five in the Northern Health Region and one is a person who resides outside of Canada.
There has been one new COVID-19 related death of a person in their 80s, for a total of 1,739 deaths from the virus.
There are 1,451 active cases of COVID-19 in the province; 143,579 people have now recovered from the virus.
Of the active cases, 131 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 44 of whom are in intensive care.
4,231,871 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in B.C.; 768,008 of these are second doses. 76.5 per cent of adults and 74.8 per cent of eligible British Columbians over 12 years old have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in B.C.
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