Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a news conference in Victoria. (Photo - B.C. Govt.)
Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 267 new cases of COVID-19, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 149,109 cases in the province:
July 23-24: 94 new cases
July 24-25: 79 new cases
July 25-26: 94 new cases
There are currently 695 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 146,636 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 43 individuals are in hospital and 17 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
In the last 72 hours, one new death (Northern Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 1,768.
Since December 2020, the Province has administered 6,584,264 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
As of Monday, July 26, 2021, 80.6% (3,736,651) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 61.3% (2,840,194) have received their second dose.