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May 5, 2021
B.C.’s COVID-19 updates for May 5
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, today (May 5) issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the COVID-19 response in British Columbia.
Dr. Bonnie Henry
Today, we are reporting 572 new cases, for a total of 132,925 cases in British Columbia.
There are 6,877 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and a further 124,252 people who tested positive have recovered. Due to incomplete data, the number of people under public health monitoring and self-isolation requirements has not been included in today’s report.
Of the active cases, 481 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 161 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation.
Province’s COVID-19 case counts dropping
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B.C.’s COVID-19 cases are trending in a better direction.
The province reported 572 new cases today.
That’s the fewest in over a month-and-a-half.
There’s also some good news on the vaccination front with the approval of the Pfizer BioNtech vaccine for children as young as 12.
Provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, says as more people become eligible and more vaccines are approved, the province will continue to update its provincewide program – including adding children in the 12 to 17 age group.
Of today’s new cases, 22 were on Vancouver Island and 118 were in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, including the Sunshine Coast.
VANCOUVER B.C. health officials announced 572 newly detected cases of COVID-19 and no related deaths on Wednesday. The updates, provided in a written statement from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix, bring the province s rolling seven-day average for daily new cases to 719, continuing a downward trend that has been ongoing for weeks. Wednesday s update also brought B.C. s active caseload below 7,000 for the first time since March 29. There are currently 6,877 active cases in the province. Hospitalizations have also declined, though they remain near record highs. There are currently 481 people in hospital with COVID-19 in B.C., and 161 of those are in intensive care.
Teens to be immunized
As of Wednesday, 1,943,230 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, with 93,656 of those being second doses. About 43 per cent of eligible British Columbians have now received a first dose.
Henry confirmed Wednesday that teens will now be part of B.C. s immunization plan.
Earlier that day, Health Canada approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on people 12 to 15 years old. It s the first vaccine to be authorized for use in this younger age category.
The vaccine was already approved for people 16 and older, but B.C. had only set aside vaccines for those aged 16 and 17 who are clinically vulnerable.