The number of new weekly COVID-19 cases in New Westminster finally hit single digits during the last reporting period, according to the BC Centre for Disease Control.
New West recorded 9 cases from June 20 to 26 – down from 16 cases from June 13 to 19, the 19 cases from June 6 to 12, the 29 cases from May 30 to June 5 and the 34 cases from May 23 to 29. By contrast, Burnaby saw 11 cases during the same time period.
Meanwhile, B.C. passed the five-million-vaccine-dose threshold on June 30, with health officials having administered 5,002,916 doses to 3,581,410 people, with 1,421,506 of those getting needed second doses, the province revealed June 30.
The vaccination campaign includes 61,121 doses in the past day, to 8,079 unvaccinated people and to 53,042 others as needed second doses.
Provincial health officer Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said in a joint statement that the numbers translate into 78.4% of all adults in B.C. having received at least one dose of vaccine, while 32.8% of all adults have had the needed two doses. Their number crunching also found that 77.1% of those aged 12 years and older have had at least one dose of vaccine, with 30.6% of those getting needed second doses.
- With additional reporting by Glen Korstrom, Glacier Media
