British Columbia is reporting another eight deaths due to COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 2,953. One of the deaths was in the Island Health region.
Hospitalization numbers continue to drop in the province, with 329 people in hospital Wednesday compared with 345 a day earlier. Fifty-one people were in intensive care.
Surrey Memorial Hospital is reporting a new outbreak.
There are nine facilities with ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks, most of them in long-term care homes. Five of the outbreaks are in Island Health: Sidney Care Home, Berwick House Gordon Head, The Heights at Mt. View, Greenwoods, Luther Court and Yucalta Lodge.
Nearly 91 per cent of eligible people 12 and older have had a second dose of vaccine and 56.8 per cent of those have had a third dose.
Since December 2020, almost 11.5 million doses of vaccines have been administered in B.C.
A total of 235 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in the province Wednesday, but the total number of cases increased only 174 from Tuesday due to data reconciliation.
Thirty of the new cases were in Island Health, which has had a total of 32,537 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
