health officials announced a new outbreak of COVID-19 at a long-term care facility in Surrey where 88 per cent of residents had been vaccinated. One positive case is enough for health authorities to declare an outbreak in high-risk settings like care homes. On Sunday, an outbreak was declared at the Cottonwoods long-term care home in Kelowna where the BCCDC reported 82 per cent of residents had been immunized. So far, 343,381 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in B.C., including 86,938 second doses. CBC British Columbia is hosting a town hall on March 10 to answer your COVID-19 vaccine questions.

Source: CBC News March 09, 2021 23:34 UTC