The 小蓝视频 Centre for Disease Control has released an updated of the latest coronavirus (COVID-19) hotspots in the province.
Each week, the 小蓝视频CDC releases an update of the COVID-19 cases for the most recent 7-day period (Sunday to Saturday).
In the Lower Mainland, Vancouver has the second-highest number of new cases of COVID-19, with 603 cases identified over the past week. However, Vancouver is divided into six local health areas.
Surrey has the highest number of new cases over the past week, with 925. Burnaby follows Surrey with 246 new cases.
The map also indicates the average daily rate of new cases per 100,000 population by local health area.
. By Photo via 小蓝视频 Centre for Disease Control
Dr. Bonnie Henry: 'Very little change in the next two months'
Despite promising news on 小蓝视频's vaccination rollout,
Dr. Bonnie Henry announced Thursday that 小蓝视频's age-based vaccine rollout is , and the province is going to be offering hundreds of thousands of the AstraZeneca vaccine to frontline workers as well over the next couple months.
By the end of April, 25 per cent of the province's population should have their first dose of the vaccine. But don't expect to get back to pre-pandemic life this spring.
“There's going to be very little change in the next two months,” Dr. Henry said Thursday. “But the more people who are immunized, whether it's in the workplace stream or whether it's in our main age-based stream, that get's us that much closer.
With files from Nicholas Johansen / Castanet.
