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As vaccinations ramp up in B.C., who remains at greatest risk of COVID-19?

(Photo credit: Global News)
(Photo credit: Global News)

As the number of British Columbians to get the protection of at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine climbs, the death toll from the virus has slowed significantly.

But it hasn’t dried up completely — at least 123 people died from complications of COVID-19 between May 3 to May 31.

Those most at risk of death early in the pandemic — the elderly — were also the first to get their shots and have seen the fatality rate drop precipitously since the mass vaccination campaign began.

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