B.C. reports 572 new COVID-19 cases, fewest in over 6 weeks

There were 6,887 active cases — the fewest B.C. has seen since March 28.There were 481 people in hospital, 161 of whom were in critical or intensive care. Of the news cases, 118 were in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 362 were in the Fraser Health region, 22 were in the Island Health region, 57 were in the Interior Health region and 13 in the Northern Health region.

Nearly 1.85 million British Columbians have now received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, representing almost 36 per cent of the province’s population.In a media availability earlier Wednesday, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the province was looking at how to begin immunizing children against the virus, after Health Canada gave approval for the vaccine for anyone older than 12.B.C. has recorded a total of 132,925 cases since the start of the pandemic, while 1,597 people have died.