By James Peters

COVID-19

B.C. COVID-19 case count grows by 420, with 58 cases in Interior Health

May 21, 2021 | 3:25 PM

VICTORIA — B.C. has recorded 420 new cases of COVID-19 on the last day before the May long weekend.

The numbers are included in an updated prepared by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry.

There were 58 new cases in Interior Health Friday (May 21).

Overall, there have been 141,373 cases of COVID-19 in B.C., spread out as follows:

• 34,244 — Vancouver Coastal (up by 84)
• 82,419 — Fraser Health (up by 240)
• 4,990 — Island Health (up by 7)
• 11,969 — Interior Health (up by 58)
• 7,555 — Northern Health (up by 31)
• 195 — Reside outside of Canada (unchanged)

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There are 4,507 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C., a decrease of 129 from Thursday. There are 319 people in hospital and 107 in intensive care.

Within Interior Health, there are 506 active cases, an increase of 19 from Thursday. There are 16 people in hospital and eight in intensive care.

Six more people have died of the virus, increasing B.C.’s death toll to 1,667. One of those deaths took place in Interior Health, raising the regional death toll to 147.

A total of 135,068 people are considered fully recovered from COVID-19, or 96 per cent of all recorded cases.

B.C. has administered 2,744,020 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, including 142,406 second doses.