B.C. public health teams reached a milestone Tuesday with 80 per cent of all eligible people aged 12 and up getting at least one COVID-19 vaccination, and recorded another day without deaths or new outbreaks in senior care homes.
The health ministry reported 76 new cases for July 20, up from between 40 and 60 over the previous three days. There are 695 active cases in the province, up from 653 on Monday, 50 in hospital, up one in the past 24 hours, and 12 in intensive care, the same as the past two days.
“As of Tuesday, 80.0% (3,706,660) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 54.4% (2,519,686) have received their second dose,” provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said in a statement.
The new and active COVID-19 cases by health region are:
• 27 new cases in Fraser Health, 182 active
• 9 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health, 241 active
• 37 new cases in Interior Health, 207 active
• no new cases in Northern Health, 32 active
• 3 new cases in Island Health, 22 active
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