By James Peters

COVID-19

B.C. finds 180 new COVID-19 cases, surpasses 75 per cent adult vaccination

Jun 11, 2021 | 3:16 PM

VICTORIA — B.C. has passed the 75 per cent mark in first-dose COVID-19 immunization as it looks to ease pandemic restrictions next week.

In a statement, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports 180 new cases of the virus in B.C. Friday (June 11), including 39 within Interior Health.

Overall, the province has recorded 146,176 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, spread out as follows:

• 35,210 — Vancouver Coastal (up by 11)
• 85,123 — Fraser Health (up by 107)
• 5,120 — Island Health (up by 13)
• 12,771 — Interior Health (up by 39)
• 7,751 — Northern Health (up by 10)
• 200 — Reside outside of Canada (unchanged)

There are 1,880 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C. Friday, down by 30 from Thursday. There are 162 people in hospital and 45 in intensive care.

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Within Interior Health, there are 382 active cases of the virus, one more than Thursday. There are 12 people in hospital and seven in critical care.

One more person has died of the virus, lifting B.C.’s death toll to 1,730. The Interior Health death toll remains at 152.

A total of 142,526 people are considered fully recovered from the virus, or 98 per cent of all recorded cases.

B.C. has administered 3,893,581 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, including 497,932 second doses. The proportion of adults in the province who have received at least one dose of vaccine has reached 75.1 per cent, while 73.1 per cent of everyone aged 12 and older has received at least one dose.