Interior Health Region Continue to Lead Province in New Cases of Covid

It was a strong reminder that the fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is upon us as the provincial Health Ministry released it’s latest numbers of those infected on Friday.

The release on Friday noted that 867 new cases of Covid-19 were detected in B.C including four epi-linked cases and once again, the Interior Health Region leads the province in cases reported.

The IHR registered 350 new cases in the area on Friday over 120 more cases than the larger Fraser Health Authority (228).

There are 5,657 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 155,928 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 159 individuals are in hospital and 84 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The province also reported that as of Friday  83.9% (3,886,952) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 75.8% (3,514,485) received their second dose.