she said one person had died, bringing that tally to 1,597. the bulk of all new cases are occurring in the fraser health region, specifically surrey.
parts of northwest surrey including whalley and newton had an average of 40 covid-19 cases a day for every 100,000 people, more than double the rate of most other areas of metro vancouver. in whalley and newton, more than 20 per cent of covid-19 tests were positive, compared to 11 per cent for the whole province.
henry said 1,817,918 british columbians have received at least one dose of vaccine, as the province’s seven-day average daily case count and active cases continue to fall.
meanwhile, pregnant women are now being given priority for the covid-19 vaccine in b.c.
b.c. follows ontario and quebec, which moved pregnant women up the vaccine priority list because of increased risk of severe illness linked to covid-19.
“all health canada-approved vaccines are safe and effective, and i encourage everyone to register and receive their vaccine as soon as they are eligible. today, this includes people who are pregnant,” the provincial health officer, henry said.
— with files from katie derosa and bloomberg
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