Record high 47 new COVID 19 cases reported in Island Health

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Forty-seven new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Island Health on Thursday, well above the previous high of 34.
A total of 564 new confirmed cases were reported in the province, bringing the number to date in B.C. to 62,976.
There have been 15 new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,119 deaths in British Columbia.
Today’s regular COVID-19 briefing was called off as officials prepare to update the province’s strategy for immunization against the virus.
Instead, Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix will join a news conference Friday with Premier John Horgan and Dr. Penny Ballem, who is leading B.C.’s COVID-19 immunization rollout.
The four are expected to comment on the next steps in the immunization program that has been complicated by a hiccup in vaccine supply from Pfizer-BioNTech.
Nearly 31,000 doses of vaccine the province expected by Jan. 29 could be curtailed due to production issues.
Two doses of the vaccine are needed to ensure immunity from the virus that causes COVID-19, and Dix said Tuesday that B.C. was set to begin delivery of second doses and remains committed to ensuring all those who have had the first shot get a second within 35 days.
Dix and Henry said in a joint statement on Thursday that 104,901 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines have already been administered, of which 1,680 are second doses.
— With a file from The Canadian Prss

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