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716 new BC COVID-19 cases and 3 deaths in BC, March 24, 2021

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Since yesterday, there have been 716 more diagnosed COVID-19 cases in B.C., and 9,696 (was 9,488) cases are being actively monitored. (If you’re looking for a benchmark, here’s the news from one year ago today.)

Case Counts:

  • Total cases in B.C. since the pandemic began: 93,969. Of the new cases, the breakdown is as follows:
    • Vancouver Coastal Health: 230 new cases
    • Fraser Health: 383 new cases
    • Island Health: 21 new cases
    • Interior Health: 38 new cases
    • Northern Health: 42 new cases
  • Active cases: 5,573 (previously 5,409)
  • Hospitalized cases: 303 (previously 314)
  • Intensive care: 85 (previously 83)
  • 3 new deaths (total 1,441)
  • Recovered: 86,857

There have been 71 new confirmed COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern in our province, for a total of 1,581 cases. Of the total cases, 148 are active and the remaining people have recovered. This includes 1,397 cases of the B.1.1.7 (U.K.) variant, 44 cases of the B.1.351 (South Africa) variant and 140 cases of the P.1 (Brazil) variant.

To date, 582,634 (was 557,508) doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca-SII COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C., 87,180 of which are second doses. Vaccine appointment bookings are now open for people 76 or older, and Indigenous peoples over 55.

Island Health Vaccination information

Only call in at 1-833-348-4787, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily, when you’re eligible. If you miss your initial age-based window, you can call anytime after you become eligible. Eligibility is now for anyone 85 and older, or Indigenous 65 and older.

From today’s statement

“Just as our COVID-19 pandemic response has required a ‘whole-of-province’ effort, so too does our COVID-19 immunization program.

“Together, hundreds of public health experts, physicians, nurses and other health-care professionals are leading the efforts to safely get vaccine into as many arms as possible, as quickly as we can.

“We have seen much progress in recent weeks. The timing for our age-based program has been accelerated, front-line workers will soon be immunized and now, people who are clinically extremely vulnerable with complex and challenging health conditions will also be able to get immunized.

“Starting next Monday, March 29, people who receive a clinically extremely vulnerable letter will also be able to book vaccine appointments.

“Today, Premier John Horgan announced that a new team of people from the tourism sector will be joining the age-based vaccination efforts to provide non-clinical support to our immunizations teams.

“There may be more hurdles or challenges ahead, but we can be assured knowing that our greatest strength throughout this pandemic has been working together, united in our focus to get through this storm. Let’s all be a part of the team that is helping to make a difference through our individual and collective efforts.”

Other resources

Access the BC COVID-19 dashboard for the latest case counts and information on recoveries, deaths, hospitalizations, testing and more:

Cases by Health Service Delivery Area

Click here (Updated weekly on Thursdays)

Previous provincial updates

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