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COVID-19: Variant cases accelerating, with 11 exposures in B.C. schools

The provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry delivers an update on COVID-19 in B.C. (Photo credit: Vancouver Sun)
The provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry delivers an update on COVID-19 in B.C. (Photo credit: Vancouver Sun)

The Ministry of Health has vaccinated 191,904 people — with 83,777 of those fully immunized with two doses

There were 42 new COVID-19 variant cases reported over the past three days, as the number of variant school exposures grow.

On Monday, the provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, said the 42 cases brought that total detected in B.C. up to 158 of the variants. The variants are more contagious than regular COVID-19 and cases are accelerating in the province.

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