Two cases of COVID-19 were reported on the Sunshine Coast between June 13 and 19, according to the latest weekly case map released by the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC).
Further, BCCDC’s average daily case rate per 100,000 people for the Sunshine Coast stood at one between June 15 and 21.
Cases have trended low for the last month – with the highest number reported the week of May 16 at 10. Cases then dropped to three the subsequent week, followed by two weeks in a row of zero cases.
Both the Howe Sound local health area – which includes Whistler, Pemberton and Squamish – and Powell River reported zero cases the week of June 13.
Cases with unknown residence or from out of province aren’t included on BCCDC’s weekly case maps.
The continued downward trend coincides with a provincial decrease as well.
Over a 24-hour period ending June 24, 87 cases were identified in B.C., marking the fifth day in a row of daily case counts below 100.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said June 23 in a joint statement that the vaccine numbers translate into 77.2 per cent of all adults in B.C. being vaccinated with at least one dose, while 75.8 per cent of those aged 12 years and older have been vaccinated. Those percentages include a data correction, they added.
One-dose vaccinations on the Sunshine Coast for adults remains slightly above the provincial average at 78 per cent by June 21. Powell River’s coverage stands at 74 per cent while Howe Sound has the highest coverage of the three local health areas at 88 per cent.
When including everyone aged 12 and older on the Sunshine Coast, the coverage percentage drops to 76 per cent – also higher than the province’s average for that age group.
– with files from Glen Korstrom
